Innovators At Heart Mugs

Bill Gates,

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

'The wheel was easy, the owner's manual is hard!'

'My wife is going to kill me. All her shopping coupons are in that lost luggage.'

Caveman has a good idea for the wheel.

Fenton G. Gonklemeyer, Computer Scientist - Booted Up 1928 and Crashed 2009.

'Does it bother anyone else that our entire business is based on one questionable product?'

"You may now kiss the bride."

Man commiting suicide finds the treasure at the bottom of the sea.

'It's one of our new technology rings, it allows you to download karats.'

No, no, Grok, we love your creative voice! Ort is just here to do a little punch-up.

Kiwi Ingenuity

Romantic Glass Blower

Mook's regret after inventing fire.

'You keep turning them out and I'll dig a parking garage.'

"There you go Dad, now, instead of just thumping the ground, you can press the red button to raise the alarm..."

The inventor of the Slip 'n Slide becomes a father.

"Get out here Phil! The outside ideas are far better than the inside ones were!"

A martial arts student saws a block of wood in half

"Ladies, you know the rule about joyriding."

'I was just rubbing sticks together for fun -- I didn't realize I was doing basic research.'

"They're a very hi-tech family. Apparently, even their baby was cordless."

The first 'outside the box' thinker.

"I've invented the wheel. We're going to be rich."

"My business is less bricks and mortar and more coffee shops and laptops. I sell NFTs."

'Looks like that pheasant got into the sticker bushes.'

Research, Development and Second Thoughts

"Before someone says anything, yes, it was a long winter."

'You see Mum, I've modified your FM-radio to be powered straight from the electric fence...'

'Finally - an alternative source of energy!'

'It seems a lot of trouble to go through just to sharpen a razor blade.'

The new US Embassy in London is conceived as a solar collector, with pillow like panels of high-tech plastic and photovoltaic cells....and emegency vertical takeoff capability,

'Forget the wheel. Invent diapers.'

'Though we must innovate, and though we must grow, we must never lose sight of our core mediocrities.'

The brief collaboration between Alfred Nobel and Thomas Edison.