“Thomas Edison walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender says, "Okay, I'll serve you a beer. Just don't get… — Various Copy Share Image
If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as, 'Candle-making industry threatened'. — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
I was really proud that I was named after Thomas Edison and wanted to be called Edson. I thought Pele sounded horrible.… — Pele Copy Share Image
It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
“We’ve all heard the usual examples: Michael Jordan cut from his high school basketball team, Walt Disney fired by a newspaper editor… — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
“The availability of cheap effective lighting alone, following Thomas Edison’s invention of the incandescent bulb in 1879, greatly extended the range of… — Clark Strand Copy Share Image
“So I know she forgives me, just as I forgive her. Thomas Edison's last words were: "It's very beautiful over there." I… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration - said the genius who was 1% showman and 99% fraud.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
His [Thomas Edison] method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison said, If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.” — Faleena Hopkins Copy Share Image
One of my favorite quotes from Thomas Edison is, "If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would… — Suzanne Bates Copy Share Image
He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing… — Charles Edison Copy Share Image
What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle.… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison once said, “One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves… — Paul R. Niven Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison’s teachers told him he was “too stupid to learn anything.” — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
The greatest Electrical Pioneer of them all was Thomas Edison Edison's first major invention, in 1877, was the phonograph, which could soon… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“{ From Luther Burbank 's funeral. He was loved until he revealed he was an atheist, then he began to receive death… — Ben Lindsey Copy Share Image
We forget to thank the scientists that began these musical inventions and systems. The guy that invented the phonograph and gramophone -… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison is often said to have advised, “To have a great idea, have a lot of them.” — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
“I came from Paris in the Spring of 1884, and was brought in intimate contact with him [Thomas Edison]. We experimented day… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
If it were not for Thomas Edison, we would all be watching television in the dark. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison was no an inventor but a very evil wealthy man with connections to the most wealthy Americans. He killed animals… — James Thomas Kesterson Jr Copy Share Image
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.” — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image