Funny things Quote by Mak_786

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

When Edison first started out with his "crazy" idea for the light bulb, skeptics were unmoved. They called Thomas Edison a con man and…

— Linda Rottenberg

If Edison was worried about his candle customers, he would have never invented the light bulb.

— Nathan Fielder

“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

When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure…

— George Carlin

“The availability of cheap effective lighting alone, following Thomas Edison’s invention of the incandescent bulb in 1879, greatly extended the range of waking human…

— Clark Strand

“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

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

— Ritu Ghatourey

If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as, 'Candle-making industry threatened'.

— Newt Gingrich

Edison failed ten thousand times before he perfected the modern electric lamp. The average man would have quit at the first failure. That's why…

— Pete Seeger

History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind. Surely, Watt with his steam engine, Faraday with his electric motor,…

— Joseph Heller

“The man looked up at the dangling, buzzing lightbulb, then turned to his partner. " You know who invented those things right? Maybe we…

— James Dasher