Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practica...
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas Edison
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it. Thomas Edison
I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.
I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun. Thomas Edison
I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Our schools are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work. Thomas Edison
Our schools are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. Thomas Edison
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas Edison
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
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. Thomas Edison
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.
Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless. Thomas Edison
Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.
Never Say I Failed 99 Times, Say I Discovered 99 Ways Which Causes Failure! Thomas Edison
Never Say I Failed 99 Times, Say I Discovered 99 Ways Which Causes Failure!
My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a soul; but I simply do not believe it. What a soul may be is beyond my understanding. Thomas Edison
My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a soul; but I simply do not believe it. What a soul may be is beyond my understanding.
Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best. Thomas Edison
Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best.
