Thomas A. Edison
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Biography
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman known for his work on the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, electric power distribution and early motion pictures. The merger of the Edison General Electric Company and the competitor Thomson-Houston Electric Company resulted in the formation of General Electric.
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."
"If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."
"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't."
"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world."
"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."
"To my mind the old masters are not art their value is in their scarcity."
"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!"
"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!"
"There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever."
"Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure."
"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!"
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."
"To have a great idea, have a lot of them."
"I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision."
"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."
"Religion is all bunk."
"There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever."
"Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success."
"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."
"I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success."
"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."
"There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever."
"The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work."
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."
"I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success."