Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

I don't know who invented high heels but all women owe him a lot.

Accursed be he that first invented war.

Accurst be he that first invented war.

When I started out as a music journalist at the end of the 1980s it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest music era the world would ever see. But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded beatbox disco soared indie rock took off and new wave invented a language of teen angst.

Most people are really stunned to find out that the technology has been around for more than 100 years and that the diesel engine was in fact invented to run on vegetable oil.

Technology has to be invented or adopted.

I just invent then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

In the 18th century James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same.