Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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I consider Paine our greatest political thinker. As we have not advanced, and perhaps never shall advance, beyond the Declaration and Constitution, so Paine has had no successors who extended his principles.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise.
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I was at the foot of my class.
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Continued innovation is the best way to beat the competition.
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Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
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I do not believe any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States.
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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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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
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There is a better way for everything. Find it.
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Being busy does not always mean real work.
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Sticking to it is the genius.
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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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A man’s best friend is a good wife.
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Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
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The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
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IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE
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The inventor tries to meet the demand of a crazy civilization.
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Let the public throw bouquets to the inventors and in time we will all be happy.
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Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don’t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can’t Decide My Future.
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Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose.
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In creating technology for ourselves we created it for the world.
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Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
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I would construct and work along various lines until I found them untenable. When one theory was discarded, I developed another at once. I realized very early that this was the only possible way for me to work out all the problems.
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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.