I am wondering what would have happened to me if some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Today, I am wondering what would have happened to me by now, if, fifty years ago, some fluent talker had converted me… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious theories of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Nobody knows whether our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere, but if we can evolve an instrument so delicate to… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The entity that gives life and motion to the human body is finer still and lies infinitely beyond the reach of our… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.... — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Remember, life is all what you focus on. Learn lessons and keep moving forward towards your goals and dreams... "I have not… — 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
