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
We now know a thousand ways not to build a light bulb
I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
There is a better way to do it - Find it!
There is a better way for everything. Find it.
There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something.
Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.
Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.
The best thinking has been done in solitude.
There's a way to do better... find it.
I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles
Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent
Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.