Invented

Famous quotes containing the word invented:

    “I invented the colors of the vowels!—A black, E white, I red, O blue, U green—I made rules for the form and movement of each consonant, and, and with instinctive rhythms, I flattered myself that I had created a poetic language accessible, some day, to all the senses.”
    —Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891)

    “The word “tomorrow” was invented for indecisive people and for children.”
    —Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)

    “America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense ... human rights invented America.”
    —Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)