I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Nineteen hundred and three will bring great advances in surgery, in the study of bacteria, in the knowledge of the cause and… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Books will soon be obsolete in the schools... Our school system will be completely changed in the next ten years. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fundamental facts of our existence.… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition-and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise.… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“I have always regarded Paine as one of the greatest of all Americans. Never have we had a sounder intelligence in this… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Education isn't play--and it can't be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“...What I have denied and what my reason compels me to deny, is the existence of a Being throned above us as… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The very first thing an executive must have is a fine memory. Of course it does not follow that a man with a fine… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train the… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
