Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
book atheism agnosticism
It is the best book ever written on the subject. There is nothing like it!
inspiration design invention
Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
motivational accomplishment trying
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
motivational hands ideas
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them....
motivational sponges inventor
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor....'
heaven
Friendship is the heaven of life.
men world every-man
The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.
selfish believe religion
The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.
phrenology talent stranger
I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!
science engineering brave
To Monsieur Eiffel the Engineer, the brave builder of so gigantic and original a specimen of modern Engineering from one who has the greatest respect and admiration for all Engineers including the Great Engineer the Bon Dieu.
science talking records
I told [Kruesi] I was going to record talking, and then have the machine talk back. He thought it absurd. However, it was finished, the foil was put on; I then shouted "Mary had a little lamb," etc. I adjusted the reproducer, and the machine reproduced it perfectly. On first words spoken on a phonograph.
mother humorous motherhood
My mother was the making of me.
average mark persons
An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.
great-inventions invention phonograph
Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best