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Thinking Quotes by Thomas A. Edison
- The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand -…
- I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the…
- The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.
- I think work is the world's greatest fun.
- Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without…
- 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…
- I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
- I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
- There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.
- I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about…
- We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of the Bon Dieu…
- The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
- One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find…
- Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.
- To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.
- The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind…
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