All Thomas A. Edison Quotes
- Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others… Adaptation
- A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.... Die
- Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than… All
- Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something. Accomplish
- As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could… Always Found
- Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence.... Its not… Accidents
- The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I… All
- From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain… Brain
- Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character. Character
- Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises… Deaf
- I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous. Art
- I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available… All
- The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror… Ability
- To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our… Able
- We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the… Along
- The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime… Always Spent
- Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration Inspiration
- You can't realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with. Begin
- There is no subsitute for hard work. Funny
- Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off. All my work… Achieved
- I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain. Alcoholic
- Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward. Boldness
- 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 experienced by people… Achievement
- I would construct and work along various lines until I found them untenable. When one theory was discarded, I developed another at once. I realized… Adventure
- I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. Improve