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
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.
There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.
A man’s best friend is a good wife.
The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.
IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE
Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.
To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.