Thomas A. Edison Quotes

I get my ideas from listening from within.

Thomas A. Edison

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• A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize.

  

  Jack Klugman
  • World
  • Without
  • Recognize

• The world is too violent right now.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • World
  • Right
  • Now

• We're not just going to take some songs from a focus group in Nashville where people are sitting around in a circle having appointments trying to write catchy songs so they can sell them to a band like us.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • People
  • Trying
  • Focus

• Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.

  

  Gary Larson
  • Good
  • Think
  • Me

• The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.

  

  Manika
  • Know
  • Kind
  • Travel

• I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • More
  • U.S.
  • Stones

• People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If looking good and being fit was easy, everyone would do it! Most people don't want to put in the work or make the sacrifices needed in order to be fit.

  

  Laila Ali
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• I came into politics by accident. I may go out of politics by accident.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • May
  • Politics
  • Go

• I can't sing, but I'll sing over this chord progression, like, over and over, for however long it takes - sometimes it's, like, two minutes, sometimes it's 20 minutes - until I've found like a hook or something that I'm really happy with. And then, basically, it just like that's my melody, and that's where I start from.

  

  Flume
  • Long
  • Happy
  • Start

• I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Think
  • Yourself
  • Confident

• I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!

  

  Pat Cash
  • Winning
  • More
  • Very

• People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in an area that you have an interest in, you can multiply the impact of your own ideas.

  

  Ralph Regula
  • People
  • Ideas
  • Impact

• Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Sometimes
  • Will
  • Make

• The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.

  

  Harold B. Lee
  • World
  • God
  • Important

• If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.

  

  Dana Plato
  • Energy
  • Myself
  • Limit

• You know, I've never done karaoke, ever. It makes me nervous - I think it's the lack of the guitar and just a microphone.

  

  Gary Clark Jr.
  • Done
  • Think
  • Me

• I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Trying
  • Loved
  • Show

• I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican.

  

  Manny Montana
  • Country
  • Family
  • Generation

• Since providence and necessity has cast them upon it, he should pray God to bless their counsels.

  

  Oliver Cromwell
  • God

• My parents owned a hair salon, so I learned a few tricks there. I can cut people's hair - if they let me.

  

  Penelope Cruz
  • People
  • Parents
  • Hair

• Yume is a no-nonsense dog. There are many people here, with camcorders running, lights shining and cameras clicking. She is being a guard dog.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • People
  • Running
  • Dog

• In the past, when I saw bike messengers, I would just see them as individuals. Then, I realized that they're all tied together.

  

  Dania Ramirez
  • Together
  • Past
  • Individual

• One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Time
  • Hand
  • Listening

• I get my ideas from listening from within.

  

  Thomas A. Edison
  • Ideas
  • Listening