“There are wonders enough out there without our inventing any.”
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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“There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it.”
Source: A Room with a View (1908), Ch. 2
as quoted by K.C. Cole, "A Theory of Everything" New York Times Magazine (1987) Oct.18
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'Tis (2000)
Source: ' Tis: a Memoir
Context: Why is it the minute I open my mouth the whole world is telling me they're Irish and we should all have a drink? It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone hadn't invented the hyphen.
Stress, Neurodegeneration and Individual Differences (2001)
Context: We are not getting our ulcers being chased by Saber-tooth tigers, we're inventing our social stressors — and if some baboons are good at dealing with this, we should be able to as well. Insofar as we're smart enough to have invented this stuff and stupid enough to fall for it, we have the potential to be wise enough to keep the stuff in perspective. <!-- Timecode 1:18:58
John Knox, A Vindication of the Doctrine that the Sacrifice of the Mass is Idolatry http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualNLs/vindicat.htm, 1550; as quoted in Selected Writings of John Knox: Public Epistles, Treatises, and Expositions to the Year 1559
“Lord, I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing!”
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 2
