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
If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.
One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it
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 did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.
I start where the last man left off.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.