Fish seem to be rather conservative around this bay, one seldom catches enough to form the fundamental basis for a lie. Dante… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I start where the last man left off. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of a man… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off.… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left… — 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
