Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
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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.
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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.
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Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
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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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I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God.
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That is to say, under the old way any time we wish to add to the national wealth we are compelled to add to the national debt. Now, that is what Henry Ford wants to prevent. He thinks it is stupid, and so do I, that for the loan of $30,000,000 of their own money the people of the United States should be compelled to pay $66,000,000 - that is what it amounts to, with interest.
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Never Say I Failed 99 Times, Say I Discovered 99 Ways Which Causes Failure!
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People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from the United States than will the People who supply all the material and do all the work. This is the terrible thing about interest.
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I am afraid of radium and polonium ... I don't want to monkey with them.
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Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.
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They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
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I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.
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We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
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The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
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His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
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First be sure a thing is wanted or needed, then go ahead.
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Radio is just a fashion contrivance that will soon die out. It is obvious that there never will be invented a proper receiver!
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The biggest failure of man is that he gives up before he realizes how close he was to success.
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The real measure of success is the number of experiments that can be crowded into 24 hours.
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I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.
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Remember, life is all what you focus on. Learn lessons and keep moving forward towards your goals and dreams... "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
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I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
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I am so deaf I am debarred from hearing all the time articulation and have to depend on the judgment of others.