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Nature is what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, or loving. If God made me – the fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke: mercy, kindness, love – He also made the fish I catch and eat. And where do His mercy, kindness, and love for that fish come in? No; nature made us – nature did it all – not the gods of the religions.
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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.
Thomas A. Edison
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I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.
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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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A man’s best friend is a good wife.
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To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.
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A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.
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The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.
Thomas A. Edison
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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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Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.
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From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
Thomas A. Edison -
The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.
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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
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I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention. It's their 'ideas' that appeal to me. I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor.
Thomas A. Edison
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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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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.
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Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You've got to make the damn thing work!...I failed my way to success.
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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.
Thomas A. Edison -
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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Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.
Thomas A. Edison
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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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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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I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience.
Thomas A. Edison -
Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
Thomas A. Edison