Persons Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

13 Persons quotes by Thomas A. Edison

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Thomas A. Edison’s reflections on humanity are as inventive as his inventions. In these thirteen brief statements, he mixes practical optimism with a keen eye for how people drive technological change.

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The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.

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A genius is a talented person who does his homework.

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Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure.

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I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand…

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Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up…

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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. As a result, a genius is often a talented person who has simply…

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Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect…

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To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination…

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An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.

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The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a…

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The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness... Unfortunately, many of life's failures are…

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Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because…

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Many a person who could not comprehend Rousseau, and would be puzzled by Montesquieu, could understand Paine as an open book. He…

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I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure

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Friendship is the heaven of life.

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Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there…

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The very first thing an executive must have is a fine memory. Of course it does not follow that a man with a fine…

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Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours…

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The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train the…

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“People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from…

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When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.

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I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class.

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Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

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There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.

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Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension…

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Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of…

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