Innovation Appreciators Mugs

'It's a great invention, Mr. Bell, but the ringtone is sort of boring.'

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

'Let's not go by the book.'

Though he created more than 300 products from peanuts, George Washington Carver was unable to change even one of them back into a peanut.

"What's a patent?"

'I told you it would be useful.'

'It's not easy being ahead of your time.'

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

'Some of those youngsters have come up with a terrific new idea - feathers.'

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

'Can our software do that?'

Eureka!

'I want you to paddle against the current.'

"Think outside the box but never forget who owns the box."

"Is it just a scary coincidence that the words 'changes' and 'unknown' both have 7 letters?"

Creative department

Crap from the future.

'A wheel? No wonder I broke a tooth. I thought it was a donut.'

Bob invents a device that electrically shocks anyone who calls between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Early cyborg.

"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."

"This new chair has the smoothest 360 swivel action on the market!"

'...then Johannes Gutenberg built the first bookcase'

Hay Rides $10

"What if, instead of the safe being filled with rawhide, it's filled with catnip and mice!" "No one will buy it." "Drugs and rodents? Who's our demographic?" "The Simpsons already did that."

The original paperless office

"It's o.k., come on out."

Sport Utility Boot.

Bernstein's got himself a driverless club

'This will be great for chase scenes.'

"By the end of next week, these fads such as social media, automobiles and making fire will all be over."

"I think it's about time you started thinking outside of the box Harold."