I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Up to that time I never realized that I possessed any particular gift of discovery, but Lord Rayleigh, whom I always considered… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
For ages this idea has been proclaimed in the consummately wise teachings of religion, probably not alone as a means of insuring… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries. If timely it… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
We have to evolve means for obtaining energy from stores which are forever inexhaustible, to perfect methods which do not imply consumption… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
How extraordinary was my life an incident may illustrate... [As a youth] I was fascinated by a description of Niagara Falls. I… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
When I get an idea I start at once building it up in my imagination. I change the construction, make improvements and… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point of the universe. This idea is… — Nikola Tesla 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
Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point in the universe. This idea is… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I do not rush into constructive work. When I get an idea, I start right away to build it up in my… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is better in this present world of ours that a revolutionary idea or invention instead of being helped and patted,… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
The idea came like a flash of lightning and in an instant the truth was revealed. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I do not rush into actual work. When I get a new idea, I start at once building it up in my… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
That is the trouble with many inventors; they lack patience. They lack the willingness to work a thing out slowly and clearly… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
In a time not distant, it will be possible to flash any image formed in thought on a screen and render it visible at… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Women will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress. — 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 likely to… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Man, like the universe, is a machine. Nothing enters our minds or determines our actions which is not directly or indirectly a response to… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
All knowledge or form conception is evoked through the medium of the eye, either in response to disturbances directly received on the retina or… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Religion is simply an ideal. It is an ideal force that tends to free the human being from material bonds. I do not believe… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
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