Governments do not create, individuals create. Every invention was once just a thought inside someones head.
— William J. FedererThe most revolutionary aspect of the Protestant teaching however, is the fact that the Protestants began to look for ways and means to serve God better through inventions, discoveries, researches, sciences, factories, industries, etc.
— Sunday AdelajaOur inventions have long been ahead of us in terms of efficiency and sanity, productivity and predictability. Oh, how we’ve wished we could be manmade, too. What has been keeping us back, keeping us messy? The animal impediment, within and without. Eliminating these impediments, we will surely be catching up with our machines, resembling them more and more impeccably.
— Amy LeachAs with all new inventions, there are upsides and downsides. The commercial drone is no exception. But until robust safeguards have been introduced to protect personal privacy from prying eyes in the skies, the true benefits to society of unmanned aerial vehicles will remain unrealised.
— Alex MorrittYou were saved not by work, but for work. Do it till all is done. By your Inventions, Innovations, Initiatives, Improvements, Involvements, Imaginations, Information, Interventions and Inspirations... Go the extra mile and dare to do it.
— Israelmore Ayivor... The invention of the mechanical clock in medieval Europe. This was one of the great inventions in this history of mankind -- not in a class with fire and the wheel, but comparable to movable type in its revolutionary implications for cultural values, technological change, social and political organization, and personality.
— David S. LandesWhen things get too complicated, it sometimes makes sense to stop and wonder: Have I asked the right question?
— Enrico BombieriUp till recently 75% of all inventions from the time of the industrial revolution is credited to the countries where Protestant ethics were taught.
— Sunday AdelajaLaziness is the mother of all bad habits, but ultimately she is a mother and we should respect her.
— Shikamaru NaraThat new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks or sailing ships--although both were condemned on religious grounds in various non-Western societies.
— Rodney Stark