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Inventing Quotes (page 30)

That would distract your attention, and attention is the whole point. Attention to the experience of something given, something you haven't invented in your imagination. Aldous Huxley
She did know that once tattooed one could no longer expect to lie for all eternity in an orthodox Jewish cemetery. They wouldn't even bury women with pierced ears. A strange theory of mutilation from the people who invented cutting the skin off the pee-pee. Tom Robbins
Leo Tolstoy quote: "intriguing people have to invent a noxious, dangerous party..."
intriguing people have to invent a noxious, dangerous party... Leo Tolstoy
Vernor Vinge quote: "Though his invention worked superbly [...] his theory was a..."
Though his invention worked superbly [...] his theory was a crock of sewage from beginning to end. Vernor Vinge
When we gaze at the magnificence of an ancient monument and ascribe its achievement to one man, we are guilty of spiritual embezzlement. We forget the army of craftsmen, unknown and unsung, who preceded him in the darkness of the ages, who toiled humbly - all heroism is humble - each contributing his small share to the common treasure of his time. A great building is not the private invention of some genius or other. It is merely a condensation of the spirit of a people. Ayn Rand
Robert Hass quote: "Golf is a worrier's game, inward, concentrated, a matter of..."
Golf is a worrier's game, inward, concentrated, a matter of inches, invented by the same people who gave us Presbyterianism. Robert Hass
The tension of the soul in unhappiness, which cultivates its strength; its horror at the sight of the great destruction; its inventiveness and bravery in bearing, enduring, interpreting, exploiting unhappiness, and whatever in the way of depth, mystery, mask, spirit, cleverness, greatness the heart has been granted - has it not been granted them through suffering, through the discipline of great suffering? Friedrich Nietzsche
The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of course, Genesis was written by a man, not a horse. There is no certainty that God actually did grant man dominion over other creatures. What seems more likely, in fact, is that man invented God to sanctify the dominion that he had usurped for himself over the cow and the horse. Milan Kundera
Was the Buffalo chicken wing inventedwhen Teressa Bellissimo thought of splitting it in half and deep frying it and serving it with celery and blue-cheese dressing? Was it invented when John Young started using mambo sauceand thought of elevating wings into a specialty? Calvin Trillin
Andre Maurois quote: "We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of..."
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity? gunpowder and romantic love. Andre Maurois
John Steinbeck quote: "It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and..."
It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them. John Steinbeck
Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost. Robert A. Heinlein
Frank Herbert quote: "History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe...."
History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe. Education helps but it’s never enough. You also must run. Frank Herbert
If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to Old Took's great-granduncle Bullroarer, who was so huge (for a hobbit) that he could ride a horse. He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfibul's head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit-hole, and in this way the battle was won and... J. R. R. Tolkien
You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer. Jean M. Auel

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