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Thomas A. Edison
Age: 84 †
Born: 1847
Born: February 11
Died: 1931
Died: October 18
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I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.
Thomas A. Edison
Two per cent. is genius, and ninety-eight per cent. is hard work.
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I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor....'
Thomas A. Edison
Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.
Thomas A. Edison
I think work is the world's greatest fun.
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The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.
Thomas A. Edison
I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.
Thomas A. Edison
A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.
Thomas A. Edison
Seeming to do is not doing.
Thomas A. Edison
In 'Common Sense' Paine flared forth with a document so powerful that the Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in his calm way said that matters never could be the same again.
Thomas A. Edison
If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.
Thomas A. Edison
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
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I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.
Thomas A. Edison
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure.
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To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. 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
The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
Thomas A. Edison
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison
So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake ... Religion is all bunk.
Thomas A. Edison
They were not failures, they were new found ways of what does not work I can accept failure,everyonefails at something. But I can't accept not trying
Thomas A. Edison
X-rays ... I am afraid of them. I stopped experimenting with them two years ago, when I came near to losing my eyesight and Dally, my assistant practically lost the use of both of his arms.
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