Famous quotes containing the word invented:
“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)
“Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins?”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“Say what you will, making marriage work is a womans business. The institution was invented to do her homage; it was contrived for her protection. Unless she accepts it as suchas a beautiful, bountiful, but quite unequal associationthe going will be hard indeed.”
—Phyllis McGinley (19051978)
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