“Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fundamental facts of our existence.… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I speak without exaggeration when I say that I have constructed 3,000 different theories in connection with the electric light, each one… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in connection with… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“...What I have denied and what my reason compels me to deny, is the existence of a Being throned above us as… — 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
