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Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
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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I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
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I never failed. It just didn't work 10,000 times.
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Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
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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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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've realized that most of my best ideas have followed a good night's sleep.
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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.
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I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.
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I am afraid of radium and polonium ... I don't want to monkey with them.
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I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.
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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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I know this world is ruled by Infinite Intelligence. It required Infinite Intelligence to create it and it requires Infinite Intelligence to keep it on its course ... It is mathematical in its precision.
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Seeming to do is not doing.
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I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.
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Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.
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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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