Famous quotes containing the word invented:
“Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; thats the one they invented when they got tired of all the others.”
—Gustave Flaubert (18211880)
“The modern queer was invented by Tennessee Williams. Brando in blue jeans, sneakers, white T-shirt and leather jacket. When you saw that, you knew they were available.”
—Derek Jarman (b. 1942)
“Warren G. Harding invented the word normalcy,
And the lesser-known bloviate, meaning, one imagines,
To spout, to spew aimless verbiage.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)