Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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The radio craze will die out in time.
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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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Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
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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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Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, "No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.".
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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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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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My mother was the making of me.
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If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier, but less useful.
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Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals.
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Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.
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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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The dove is my emblem.
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Baseball is the greatest of American games. Some say football, but it is my firm belief, and it shall always be, that baseball has no superior.
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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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Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
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I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!
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There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.
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All bibles are man-made.
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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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The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a violent action on the nerve centers, producing degeneration of the cells of the brain, which is quite rapid among boys. Unlike most narcotics, this degeneration is permanent and uncontrollable. I employ no person who smokes cigarettes.
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Being busy does not always mean real work.
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Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
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The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.