Bulb Quote by Thomas A. Edison

I never failed, I just found 10,000 ways not to make a lightbulb

— Anonymous

I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb.

— Thomas A. Edison

I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.

— Thomas A. Edison

It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did…

— Benjamin Carson

I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.

— Thomas A. Edison

Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt.

— Thomas A. Edison

Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

— Napoleon Hill

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— Elon Musk

I always loved bulbs, and I use light a lot in my shows. In my office in Paris, I have 300 bulbs.

— Alexandre de Betak

... you can't put out a light just because it may light the wrong person.

— Susan Glaspell

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

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…

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