Thomas A. Edison Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison Famous Quotes & Sayings
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When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us.
We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.
His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles
can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train
the mind to think.
can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train
the mind to think.
What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.
Education isn't play
and it can't be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work.
and it can't be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work.
Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.
Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes.
My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a soul; but I simply do not believe it.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
I am so deaf I am debarred from hearing all the time articulation and have to depend on the judgment of others.
It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain.
I didn't fail ten thousand times.
I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times,
materials and combinations which wouldn't work.
I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times,
materials and combinations which wouldn't work.
I have better use for my brain than to poison it with alcohol. To put alcohol in the human brain is like putting sand in the bearings of an engine.
Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.
There cannot be overproduction of anything which men and women want. And their wants are unlimited, except by the size of their stomachs.
I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure
For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ... study and read everything you can on the subject.
I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!
The man who doesn't make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
Books will soon be obsolete in the schools ... Our school system will be completely changed in the next ten years.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.