Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Alva Edisonwas an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth11 February 1847
CountryUnited States of America
Thomas A. Edison quotes about
There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
I can never pick up a thing without wishing to improve it.
Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.
First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject.
The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a violent action on the nerve centers, producing degeneration of the cells of the brain, which is quite rapid among boys. Unlike most narcotics, this degeneration is permanent and uncontrollable. I employ no person who smokes cigarettes.
Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure.
Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You've got to make the damn thing work!...I failed my way to success.
When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
When you become quiet, it just dawns on you
A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.
Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.