https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:19:15 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/bell-alexander-graham/33300/ https://wist.info/bell-alexander-graham/33300/#respond Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:56:10 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=33300 The inventor … looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea. The spirit of invention possesses him, seeking materialization.

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-American scientist, inventor, engineer
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Charles F. Kettering (1876-1958) American inventor, engineer, researcher, businessman
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