„An invention is something that was “impossible” up to then—that’s why governments grant patents.“

— Robert A. Heinlein
„If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.… The solution to this is patent exchanges with large companies and patenting as much as we can.“
— Bill Gates
„Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.“
— Douglas Adams
„Since our primary competitors [in space launch] are national governments, the enforceability of patents is questionable.“
— Elon Musk
„Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one.But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.“
— Terry Pratchett
„To remember something or to invent something, it comes to the same thing.“
— William Saroyan