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
The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.
Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.
We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.
There is time for everything.
I start where the last man left off.
Seeming to do is not doing.
Inspiration can be found in a pile of junk. Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something.
Sticking to it is the genius.
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.