Thomas A. Edison Quotes
American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life worldwide into the 21st century.
(1847 - 1931)
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A genius is just a talented person who does his homework.
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Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.
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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
[Worry]
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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!
[America]
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Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
[Being]
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Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
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During all those years of experimentation and research, I never once made a discovery. All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention, pure and simple.
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Everyone steals in commerce and industry. I've stolen a lot, myself. But I know how to steal! They don't know how to steal!
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Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
[Action]
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Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
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Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Accordingly a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
[Genius]
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Great ideas originate in the muscles.
[Ideas]
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Hell, there are no rules here--we're trying to accomplish something.
[Business]
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His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
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I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live only about a hundred years.
[Age]
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I am much less interested in what is called God's word than in God's deeds. All bibles are man-made.
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I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
[Peace]
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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
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I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe.
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