Quote by Mark Twain

Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

Summary

This quote suggests that some of the greatest inventions in history were not always intentionally or consciously created. Instead, they were the result of accidents or unexpected discoveries. It highlights the idea that innovation and progress often arise from unforeseen circumstances, mishaps, or serendipitous events. This quote celebrates the power of chance and the unpredictability of creative breakthroughs, emphasizing the role of accidents in shaping our world.

Topics

Accident Inventing Humor

By Mark Twain

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The language of truth is simple.

The language of truth is simple.

Language

I manage to hide in my movies.

I manage to hide in my movies.

Movies

Hate will only eat the truth, then spit out a lie.

Hate will only eat the truth, then spit out a lie.

Anthony Liccione

Truth Hate Lie

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yours

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual wor

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

George Santayana

Art

You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanit

You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

Wisdom Life

Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.

Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.

George Bernard Shaw

Memory

Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scru

Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is not the highest duty.

Thomas Jefferson

Law

Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to t

Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing.

Trust

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending w

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.

Debt / Borrow / Loan

Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that

Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.

Alfred Hitchcock

Best

It is one of the issues that will have to be worked through

It is one of the issues that will have to be worked through however let me make the point and I think anyone would accept that if you set it up properly, not only will you get better environmental outcomes, you have a chance to create more wealth with the available resource.

Environmental