Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth3 March 1847
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
Alexander Graham Bell quotes about
animal men years
Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years.
men animal desire
Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.
success perseverance men
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion... It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider - and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation - persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
men ideas benefits
The inventor is a man who looks around upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea. The spirit of invention possesses him, seeking materialization.
men succeed steps
It is the man who carefully advances step by step...who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
country men america
America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.
men telephones able
The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.
skills telephones facts
The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.
cities usa one-day
One day there will be a telephone in every major city in the USA
determination sight discovery
Another discovery which came out of my investigation was the fact that when one gives his or her order to produce a definite result and stands by that order, it seems to have the effect of giving one what might be termed a second sight which enables him or her to see right through ordinary problems. What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when one is in that state of mind in which he or she knows exactly what one wants and is fully determined not to quit until he or she finds it.
communication perfect people
Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have no difficulty in comprehending an imperfect gabble if only the accent and rhythm are natural.
class light finals
The final result of our researches has widened the class of substances sensitive to light vibrations, until we can propound the fact of such sensitiveness being a general property of all matter.
inspirational life motivational
Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
flying feelings machines
I have had the feeling that a properly constructed flying-machine should be capable of being flown as a kite; and conversely, that a properly constructed kite should be capable of use as a flying-machine when driven by its own propellers.