Thomas A. Edison Quotes

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

Thomas A. Edison

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• The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.

  

  Larry David
  • American
  • Food
  • Lunch

• It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.

  

  L. Sprague de Camp
  • Pay
  • Prophet
  • Does

• Being on a lunchbox was awesome, and being on a thermos was pretty cool, too.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • Pretty
  • Cool
  • Being

• Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Book
  • Practice
  • Better

• I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has ever really accomplished.

  

  Eckhard Pfeiffer
  • Done
  • Model
  • Company

• No day is similar to another, but usually mail is part of my start of the day. Our company never sleeps: we have business in 180 countries, so there are no real mornings or nights.

  

  Hans Vestberg
  • Real
  • Business
  • Day

• Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

  

  Pat Riley
  • Great
  • Effort
  • Attitude

• I've never been one for crushing on famous people.

  

  Daisy Ridley
  • People
  • Never
  • Famous

• The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Giving
  • Listening
  • Unique

• I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Man
  • Rather
  • Denmark

• My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.

  

  Samuel Hoffenstein
  • Soul
  • Dark
  • Diet

• Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.

  

  Venus Williams
  • People
  • Believe
  • Attitude

• We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • People
  • God
  • Earth

• I don't concern myself too much about calories and fat.

  

  Hannah Marks
  • Myself
  • Too Much
  • Fat

• Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.

  

  F. Murray Abraham
  • Power
  • Man
  • Stand

• I've seen a big shift, especially in my classroom, with women standing up and demanding respect. That's in every woman, whether 16, 26, 56.

  

  P. C. Cast
  • Up
  • Women
  • Respect

• The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about.

  

  Barbara Lee
  • Today
  • Rest
  • Democracy

• 'Friends' started because Rachel left her husband at the altar. This likability factor is just so stupid to me. It's the same thing as 'wish-fulfillment,' which is a big word you hear in a lot of Hollywood rooms. It basically means that people want to see other people living a life they can't lead, and I don't buy that. I think that's not true.

  

  Adam Pally
  • People
  • Life
  • Friends

• Every year, I think you earn the right to eat cake on your birthday.

  

  Bret Hart
  • I Think
  • Birthday
  • Cake

• So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • People
  • Food
  • Favorite

• The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Teacher
  • Service
  • Worries

• ...a point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its first movements, from this center. It can no longer be tested by any force or trial, nor moved by the winds of change, and at this point the self has obviously outworn its function; it is no longer needed or useful, and life can go on without it.

  

  Bernadette Roberts
  • Force
  • Function
  • Movements

• His weakness was his belief that evil had boundaries.

  

  Erik Larson
  • Evil
  • Belief
  • Weakness

• I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

  

  Thomas A. Edison
  • Pleasure
  • Reward
  • Precedes