“Thomas Edison is often said to have advised, “To have a great idea, have a lot of them.” — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles. — Mark McCormack Copy Share Image
“Bitter? Nah. Parafrazandu-l pe Edison, n-am esuat la “the dating game”, doar am gasit 10.000 de femei care nu merg.” — Teodor Burnar Copy Share Image
If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be watching television by candlelight. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration - said the genius who was 1% showman and 99% fraud.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
If Edison was worried about his candle customers, he would have never invented the light bulb. — Nathan Fielder Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison said, If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.” — Faleena Hopkins Copy Share Image
“ He had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. {Edison's opinion of… — Thomas Edison Copy Share Image
“No invention ever comes into being fully developed in a single step, from nothing. Ten thousand inventions had to be in place… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“Electric light, the first reliable internal combustion engine, and wireless transmission were all invented within the same three-month period at the end… — Robert J. Gordon Copy Share Image
Edison failed ten thousand times before he perfected the modern electric lamp. The average man would have quit at the first failure.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
The greatest Electrical Pioneer of them all was Thomas Edison Edison's first major invention, in 1877, was the phonograph, which could soon… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Now tell me what got two thumbs and knows how to spit rhymes? Two thumbs up, you gon point em at this… — XV Copy Share Image
“Edison invented the lightbulb the way Steve Jobs invented the MP3 player: he wasn’t the first, but he was the first to… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
“Within a week, the entire nation was raving about alternating current as the future of electricity. The fair was a debilitating blow… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
I think [Nikola Tesla] was always like that. And so it was inevitable that he would be an inventor. Because it was… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Thomas Edison had great visions (for lights, music players, movies, etc.) but he knew they didn't count until he could make them… — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
Fall forward. Here's what I mean: Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career - the most in the history of… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
The old idea that some genius pulls all of this stuff out of the air is ridiculous. As Ridley pointed out, the… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
When Edison first started out with his "crazy" idea for the light bulb, skeptics were unmoved. They called Thomas Edison a con… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share Image
A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“The availability of cheap effective lighting alone, following Thomas Edison’s invention of the incandescent bulb in 1879, greatly extended the range of… — Clark Strand Copy Share Image
“The attitude which the man in the street unconsciously adopts towards science is capricious and varied. At one moment he scorns the… — Percy Williams Bridgman Copy Share Image
“I came from Paris in the Spring of 1884, and was brought in intimate contact with him [Thomas Edison]. We experimented day… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison was no an inventor but a very evil wealthy man with connections to the most wealthy Americans. He killed animals… — James Thomas Kesterson Jr Copy Share Image
“We have heard the stories: Duke Ellington would say, “I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
“Most people think of ways why their desires or goals would fail, instead of thinking of ways why they will succeed. Do… — Angela Williamson Copy Share Image
The most famous self-made man in the world today is our own Edison. Talk with Mr. Edison and he will tell you… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
“{ From Luther Burbank 's funeral. He was loved until he revealed he was an atheist, then he began to receive death… — Ben Lindsey Copy Share Image
Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. — Al Jardine Copy Share Image
We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight. — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
![“I think [Nikola Tesla] was always like that. And so it was inevitable that he would be an inventor. Because it was so easy for him to think fourth-dimensionally, dynamically. It wasn't just a static thing with him. In other words, it isn't the way an architect thinks, which is essentially static.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/paul-laffoley-7077_architect_i-think-nikola-tesla-was-always-like-tha_2814450.jpg)
![“If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be, but would proceed at once with the feverish diligence of a bee, to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. ... [J]ust a little theory and calculation…” quote by Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/nikola-tesla-1383_bees_if-he-thomas-edison-had-a-needle-to-find_97217.jpg)
![“I came from Paris in the Spring of 1884, and was brought in intimate contact with him [Thomas Edison]. We experimented day and night, holidays not excepted. His existence was made up of alternate periods of work and sleep in the laboratory. He had no hobby, cared for no sport or amusement of any…” quote by Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/nikola-tesla-1383_amusement_i-came-from-paris-in-the-spring-of-1884_1434856.jpg)
