Accidents Quote by Thomas A. Edison

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

— Plato

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

— Thomas A. Edison

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I…

— Thomas A. Edison

None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes.…

— Thomas A. Edison

Mostly all famous inventions start off as an accidents. For instance, my invention of running over cats.

— Nikhil Saluja

To me, the greatest invention of my lifetime is the laptop computer and the fact that I can be working on a book and…

— Bill Bryson

I invented nothing new. I simply combined the inventions of others into a car. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years…

— Henry Ford

Significant inventions are not mere accidents. The erroneous view [that they are] is widely held, and it is one that the scientific and technical…

— Paul Flory

I didn't invent something; I just chose to find my strengths and do things that make me happy and work with businesses I'm proud…

— Jessica Mulroney

Pretty much all of my inventions come about the same way. I have an everyday problem or something that I'm too lazy to do,…

— Simone Giertz

Invention is the pleasure you give yourself when other people's stuff isn't good enough.

— Julie Newmar

Nobody ever invents anything You're inspired and sometimes you can improve.

— Sebastien Foucan