Famous Thomas Edison Quotations

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"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever."
by Thomas A. Edison
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
by Thomas A. Edison
"The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants."
by Thomas A. Edison
"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."
by Thomas A. Edison
"Hell, there are no rules here, we are trying to accomplish something."
by Thomas A. Edison
"Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success."
by Thomas A. Edison
"We don't know one-millionth of one percent about anything."
by Thomas A. Edison
"A genius is just a talented person who does his homework."
by Thomas A. Edison
"A little twist to the usual, Everything comes to he who waits. Everythingcomes to him who hustles while he waits."
by Thomas A. Edison
"All Bibles are man-made."
by Thomas A. Edison
"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Everything comes to he who hustles while he waits."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope."
by Thomas Edison
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration"
by Thomas Edison
"Genius is 1 inspiration and 99 perspiration."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Great ideas originate in the muscles."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Great ideas originate in the muscles"
by Thomas Edison
"Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"I am long on ideas, but short on time. I only expect to live only about a hundred years."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."
by Thomas Edison
"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world."
by Thomas A. Edison
"I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that dont work."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious idea of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God."
by Thomas A. Edison
"I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles"
by Thomas A. Edison
"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."
by Thomas A. Edison
"If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as candle making industry threatened."
by Newt Gingrich
"If we did all the things we were capable of doing, We would literally astound ourselves."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work"
by Thomas Edison
"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up"
by Thomas Edison
"Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged"
by Thomas Edison
"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages"
by Thomas Edison
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work."
by Thomas A. Edison
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work"
by Thomas Edison
"Religion is all bunk"
by Thomas Edison
"Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."
by Thomas A. Edison
"Results Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure."
by Thomas Edison
"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure"
by Thomas Edison
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will educate his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."
by Thomas Edison
"The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work."
by Thomas A. Edison
"The value of an idea lies in the using of it"
by Thomas Edison
"There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking"
by Thomas Edison
"There is no substitute for hard work."
by Thomas Edison
"There is no substitute for hard work"
by Thomas Edison
"There is time for everything"
by Thomas Edison
"There's a way to do it better - find it"
by Thomas Edison
"They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward."
by Thomas A. Edison
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk"
by Thomas Edison
"Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge"
by Thomas Edison
"We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages."
by Thomas A. Edison
"Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!"
by Thomas Alva Edison
"What man's mind can create, man's character can control."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Discontent is the first necessity of progress."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work."
by Thomas Edison
"There is far more opportunity than there is ability."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"Show me a throughly satisfied man, and I'll show you a failure."
by Thomas A. Edison
"There is always a way to do it better... find it!"
by Thomas A. Edison
"I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun."
by Thomas Alva Edison
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
by Thomas A. Edison


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