Thomas A. Edison Quotes - Page 7

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• A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Failure, Done, Way

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• I've realized that most of my best ideas have followed a good night's sleep.

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  Good Night, Sleep, Night

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• Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspiration, Hard Work, Science

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• Smoking too much makes me nervous. Must lasso my natural tendency to acquire such habits. Holding heavy cigar constantly in my mouth has deformed my upper lip, it has a sort of Havana curl.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Smoking, Curls, Mouths

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• Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.

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  Motivational, Character, Men

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• The great trouble is that the preachers get the children from six to seven years of age and then it is almost impossible to do anything with them.

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  Children, Years, Religion

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• The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.

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  Animal, Soul, Gains

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• First be sure a thing is wanted or needed, then go ahead.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Firsts, Needed, Wanted

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• An idea is something that won't work unless you do.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Ideas

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• I do not believe any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Atheist, Believe, School

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• IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Family, Education

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• The stomach is the only part of man which can be fully satisfied. The yearning of man's brain for new knowledge and experience and for more pleasant and comfortable surroundings never can be completely met. It is an appetite which cannot be appeased.

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  Men, Brain, Surroundings

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• Consider data without prejudice.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Data, Prejudice

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• The very first thing an executive must have is a fine memory. Of course it does not follow that a man with a fine memory is necessarily a fine executive. But if he has the memory he has the first qualification, and if he has not the memory nothing else matters.

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  Memories, Men, Doe

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• All bibles are man-made.

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  Bible, Men, Religion

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• X-rays ... I am afraid of them. I stopped experimenting with them two years ago, when I came near to losing my eyesight and Dally, my assistant practically lost the use of both of his arms.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Science, Two, Years

  "Edison Fears Hidden Perils of the X-Rays". "New York World" Newspaper, August 3, 1903.

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• Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

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  Inspirational, Positive, Business

  "Geek mythology and Nikola Tesla" by Rebekah Higgitt, www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2012.

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• I am more of a sponge than an inventor. I absorb ideas from every source. I take half-matured schemes for mechanical development and make them practical. I am a sort of a middleman between the long-haired and impractical inventor and the hard-headed business man who measures all things in terms of dollars and cents. My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant but misdirected ideas of others.

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  Men, Ideas, Long

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• 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.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction -- faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.

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  Faith, Discipline, Darkness

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• I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

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  Funny, Success, Motivation

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• I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience.

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  Mistake, Past, Made

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• I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.

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  Running, Nature, Hydrogen Fuel

  "Uncommon Friends : Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel & Charles Lindbergh". Book by James Newton, 1987.

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• Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure.

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  Failure, Failing, Show Me

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• The dove is my emblem.

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  Technology, Dove, Emblems

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