Foreshadowing Quote by James Dasher

Alexander Graham Bell brought us the telephone. He owns the telephones in the buildings. Thomas Edison owns the lightbulb. Whether they took it and…

— Chubby Checker

“Edison invented the lightbulb the way Steve Jobs invented the MP3 player: he wasn’t the first, but he was the first to make something…

— Steven Johnson

“The lightbulb is gone," she said awed. "Emma, you said, 'Lights, begone' and you literally made the lights be gone." "How do I get…

— Cara Lynn Shultz

The old idea that some genius pulls all of this stuff out of the air is ridiculous. As Ridley pointed out, the only way…

— Charles Koch

“I glanced up at Thomas. "We've still got Hook, right?" "He's being held prisoner on a ceramic-lined cookie sheet in the oven," Thomas said.…

— Jim Butcher

“He was rather like a Christmas tree whose lights, wired in series, must all go out if even one bulb is defective.”

— J.D. Salinger

“How many mystery writers does it take to change a light bulb?" "Two. One to screw the bulb almost all the way in, and…

— Jokes About Writers - Writers Jokes

“I'm not entirely certain who arranged to have the lighting in the Rooks' offices and quarters hooked up to the Panic Lines, but it…

— Daniel O'Malley

Thomas Edisons Mother: Of course Im proud that you invented the electric light bulb. Now turn it off and get to bed!

— Ritu Ghatourey

“How many pessimists does it take to change a lightbulb? Never mind. Nobody would get the joke anyway.”

— Garrison Keillor

“No invention ever comes into being fully developed in a single step, from nothing. Ten thousand inventions had to be in place before Edison…

— Daniel Quinn

“I didn’t need to steal his light. He inspired me to create my own.”

— Christina L. Barr