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
Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.
There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.
Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.
Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.
The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.
I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
We now know a thousand ways not to build a light bulb
If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.