Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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I believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks.
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No, I haven't failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work!
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There is no subsitute for hard work.
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I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong. It is born of our tenacity of life - our desire to go on living - our dread of coming to an end.
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Nature made us - nature did it all - not the gods of the religions.
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To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.
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The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
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I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
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If the Nation can issue a dollar bond it can issue a dollar bill. The element that makes the bond good makes the bill good also. The difference between the bond and the bill is that the bond lets the money broker collect twice the amount of the bond and an additional 20%. Whereas the currency, the honest sort provided by the Constitution pays nobody but those who contribute in some useful way. It is absurd to say our Country can issue bonds and cannot issue currency. Both are promises to pay, but one fattens the usurer and the other helps the People.
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It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
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An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.
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Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension of the power to observe. The trouble, I should judge, to lie with the schools.
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I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain.
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The stomach is the only part of man which can be fully satisfied. The yearning of man's brain for new knowledge and experience and for more pleasant and comfortable surroundings never can be completely met. It is an appetite which cannot be appeased.
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There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.
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Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.
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The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.
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I'll try anything...I'll even try Limburger cheese!
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Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.
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The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.
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Smoking too much makes me nervous. Must lasso my natural tendency to acquire such habits. Holding heavy cigar constantly in my mouth has deformed my upper lip, it has a sort of Havana curl.
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I am 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start.
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Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option.
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I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.