A Quote by Billy Corgan

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

Billy Corgan

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Billy Corgan
American - Musician
Born: March 17, 1967

It is bad enough to reinvent the wheel. What really hurts is when they reinvent the flat tire.

Lee S Shulman

It takes courage to reinvent joys, to reinvent opportunities, to reinvent dreams, to reinvent connections, to reinvent hopes that you have set aside.

Mary Anne Radmacher

In the old days, you would chastise people for reinventing the wheel. Now we beg, 'Oh, please, please reinvent the wheel.'

Alan Kay

The greatest thing about form and convention is that it saves you from having to reinvent the wheel. Now, whether you mount the wheel to a horse carriage or a Formula One racing car, make it plain or give it spinning rims, those are all craft decisions. But the fact of the wheel remains: it will turn if you set it down. That's what I mean about the beauty of the gifts genre can offer.

Chris Abani

I don't have time to celebrate accomplishments. When good things happen, it's great, and obviously I get excited inside. But soon I gotta do something else; I gotta keep doing more stuff. The whole world will never be familiar, so I'm constantly going to be on a quest to get familiar.

Clinton Sparks

Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

Most performers reinvent themselves. Madonna, Michael Jackson, P. Diddy. They reinvent themselves into different kinds of images. Elvis Presley was always himself, an original, and he never tried to be anything but that.

Pat Boone

Can't reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it.

Lauren Beukes

You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.

Mark McCormack

I've tried to reinvent myself from time to time, and I enjoy doing movies.

Bill Goldberg

I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. I believe that clothes should make a woman feel beautiful. But sometimes it's the little things like cut and fit and sex appeal that make a large impact.

Joseph Altuzarra

The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.

Bjarne Stroustrup

I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel, I'm just coming out and playing my game.

Joe Thornton

You must read a lot of personal essays - you needn't reinvent the wheel.

Phillip Lopate

We are not trying to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes it goes well, sometimes you have your off days. We have a way of going about things. Basically we are positive people trying to improve players and teams.