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 have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.