| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| eac6823 | He wrested the world's whereabouts from the stars, and locked the secret in a pocket watch. | science inventors invention | Dava Sobel | |
| f535d6a | The moment a gentleman perfects an invention and petitions the government for aid, he ceases to be an innocent citizen and becomes a culprit, a man to be shirked, browbeaten, and sneered at. I have never heard of any mechanician, inventor, or natural scientist who failed to find the government all but inaccessible, and whom the government did not discourage and treat badly. | inventors scientists | Jennifer Chiaverini |