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For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
Thomas A. Edison
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Thomas A. Edison
Age: 84 †
Born: 1847
Born: February 11
Died: 1931
Died: October 18
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One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
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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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I was at the foot of my class.
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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
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I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.
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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
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I am afraid of radium and polonium ... I don't want to monkey with them.
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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
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I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.
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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.
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Fooling around with alternating currents is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever. It's too dangerous . . . it could kill a man as quick as a bolt of lightning. Direct current is safe.
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There is time for everything.
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Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
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What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.
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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
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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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I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
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