Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
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The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
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I think that Ingersoll had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. Judging from the past, I cannot help thinking that the intention of the Supreme Intelligence that rules the world is to ultimately make such a type of man universal.
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I have a peculiar theory about radium, and I believe it is the correct one. I believe that there is some mysterious ray pervading the universe that is fluorescing to it. In other words, that all its energy is not self-constructed but that there is a mysterious something in the atmosphere that scientists have not found that is drawing out those infinitesimal atoms and distributing them forcefully and indestructibly.
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Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.
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Problems in human engineering will receive during the coming years the same genius and attention which the nineteenth century gave to the more material forms of engineering. We have laid good foundations for industrial prosperity, now we want to assure the happiness and growth of the workers through vocational education, vocational guidance, and wisely managed employment departments. A great field for industrial experimentation and statemanship is opening up.
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The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.
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I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
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Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
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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.
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The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.
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Success is the result of hard work.
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The radio craze will die out in time.
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I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.
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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.
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When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
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Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
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When you become quiet, it just dawns on you.
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I get my ideas from listening from within.
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The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
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Perhaps dandruff is the excreta of the mind the quantity of this material being directly proportional to the amount of reading one indulges in. A book on German metaphysics would thus easily ruin a dress suit.
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I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb.
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There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.