12 quotes about ingenuity follow in order of popularity. Be sure to bookmark and share your favorites!

Not to see many things, not to hear them, not to let them approach one--first piece of ingenuity, first proof that one is no accident but a necessity.

Friedrich Nietzsche

It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve.

Edgar Allan Poe

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Douglas Adams

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Douglas Adams

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

George S. Patton

Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles.

Bob Richards

The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible.

Hannah Moore

Foolproof systems don't take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Gene Brown

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

George Dennison Prentice

Any problem can be solved with a little ingenuity.

Macgyver

There is absolutely no limit to the ingenuity of the people doing these schemes.

Jay Foley

So this has been a battle of ideas, ... This has been a battle of institutions. We recognize that there are certain fundamental things that you have to do collectively through government. But it is through the free market that the ingenuity of individual creators and enterprises flourishes.

Lewis Uhler