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
I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
I start where the last man left off.
To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
There's a way to do it better - find it.
Vision without execution is delusion.
Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.
His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.