Innovators At Heart Mugs

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

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

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

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

Caveman has a good idea for the wheel.

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

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

"You may now kiss the bride."

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

Romantic Glass Blower

Kiwi Ingenuity

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

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..."

A martial arts student saws a block of wood in half

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

'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."

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

The first 'outside the box' thinker.

'Finally - an alternative source of energy!'

"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...'

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,

Research, Development and Second Thoughts

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

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

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

'Forget the wheel. Invent diapers.'

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

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I got a little freaked out because where did the second road come from??