61 Quotes About Ingenuity

Government is not moved by sympathy. It is moved by ingenuity.

Serikali haibabaishwi na huruma. Inababaishwa na akili.

Serikali haiendeshwi na huruma. Inaendeshwa na akili.

I love skyscrapers. Visiting cities lush with tall buildings has always been a treat for me. The implications of these immense towers are tremendous - a representation of the power of mind over matter. It never ceases to amaze me that within our minds exist the power to transform earthly materials into these colossal giants. For me, a walk among skyscrapers is a pleasant reminder of the boundless potential of human thought.

Geniuses’ steps take you higher than talent’s leaps.

But here am I, riding this steel behemoth – the most ominous killing machine ever conceived; a weapon of war with the innocuous name of carrier. It transports our crew and air wing personnel to the Oriental dens of sin. It takes us to the blood-soaked terrain of the Vietnamese. It is, in a single thought, one of the most obscene but amazingly brilliant products of human ingenuity.

We've got facts," they say. But facts aren't everything; at least half the battle consists in how one makes use of them!

We have this history of impossible solutions to insoluble problems.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.