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
I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work
I never did anything worth doing by accident; nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
The best thinking has been done in solitude.
There's a way to do better... find it.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.
I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
A little twist to the usual, "Everything comes to he who waits". Everythingcomes to him who hustles while he waits.
Interest is the invention of Satan.
If the Nation can issue a dollar bond it can issue a dollar bill. The element that makes the bond good makes the bill good also. The difference between the bond and the bill is that the bond lets the money broker collect twice the amount of the bond and an additional 20%. Whereas the currency, the honest sort provided by the Constitution pays nobody but those who contribute in some useful way. It is absurd to say our Country can issue bonds and cannot issue currency. Both are promises to pay, but one fattens the usurer and the other helps the People.
There cannot be overproduction of anything which men and women want. And their wants are unlimited, except by the size of their stomachs.
I am afraid of radium and polonium ... I don't want to monkey with them.
It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.