American Inventor Quotes

#1. I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented the computer. He said he didn't. In that case, I told him, I should write a book about John Vincent Atanasoff.

Jane Smiley

#2. Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction- faith in fiction is a damnable false hope. Thomas Edison, American inventor

George Washington

#3. I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person.

Melinda Clarke

#4. I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave.
I suppose that now, I must become more than either.

Veronica Roth

#5. I dealt with the White Council my whole life, so I'm used to being treated like a mushroom - " "Eh?" Ascher asked. "Kept in the dark and fed bullshit," Binder reported calmly. "Ah.

Jim Butcher

#6. You don't ever see a thriller with a spiritual backbone.

Patrick Wilson

#7. I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.

Mike Krzyzewski

#8. You can be romantically interested in someone and love them and still, I think, be really interested in things and a certain lifestyle that person might provide.

Dan Stevens

#9. [I like to cook] Shepherd's pie, which is a classic British dish. But my version reflects my Jamaican roots, because I add jerk to it as well.

Naomie Harris

#10. The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

John F. Kennedy

#11. So you do enjoy my lovemaking?"
She lifted an eyebrow. "If you can't tell that, sir, you are blind and deaf and probably stupid."
If he'd been a peacock, he would have been strutting about, displaying his feathers.

Sabrina Jeffries

#12. To die, to sleep -
To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub,
For in this sleep of death what dreams may come ...

William Shakespeare

#13. A seminary professor I once knew told his students, Never preach about hell without tears in your eyes.

Billy Graham