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Thomas A Edison Quotes

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work Picture Quote #1

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up Picture Quote #1

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise Picture Quote #1

For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life Picture Quote #1

They were not failures, they were new found ways of what does not workI can accept failure,everyonefails at something. But I can’t accept not trying Picture Quote #1

I consider Paine our greatest political thinker. As we have not advanced, and perhaps never shall advance, beyond the Declaration and Constitution, so Paine has had no successors who extended his principles Picture Quote #1

We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord only knows Picture Quote #1

We haven’t failed. We now know a thousand things that won’t work, so we are much closer to finding what will Picture Quote #1

My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option Picture Quote #1

A lawsuit is the suicide of time Picture Quote #1

In creating technology for ourselves we created it for the world Picture Quote #1

Nature made us... nature did it all... not the gods of the religions Picture Quote #1

The only thing I use my body for is to carry my brain around Picture Quote #1

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I have had a lot of success with failure Picture Quote #1

If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier, but less useful Picture Quote #1

No, I haven’t failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work! Picture Quote #1

There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work Picture Quote #1

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem Picture Quote #1

Nothing that’s good works by itself, you’ve got to make the damn thing work Picture Quote #1

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We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of the Bon Dieu that we cannot read each others minds, twould stop civilization and everybody would take to the woods. In fifty or hundred thousand centuries when mankind have become perfect by evolution then perhaps this sense could be developed with safety to the state Picture Quote #1

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No when I have fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes Picture Quote #1

There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new Picture Quote #1

Education isn’t play--and it can’t be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work Picture Quote #1

Baseball is the greatest of American games. Some say football, but it is my firm belief, and it shall always be, that baseball has no superior Picture Quote #1

When there’s no experimenting there’s no progress. Stop experimenting and you go backward. If anything goes wrong, experiment until you get to the very bottom of the trouble Picture Quote #1

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I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work. (Thomas A Edison Quotes) Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. (Thomas A Edison Quotes) The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise (Thomas A Edison Quotes) For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope. (Thomas A Edison Quotes) 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. (Thomas A Edison Quotes) 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. (Thomas A Edison Quotes) The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life. (Thomas A Edison Quotes) They were not failures, they were new found ways of what does not workI can accept failure,everyonefails at something. But I can’t accept not trying (Thomas A Edison Quotes) I consider Paine our greatest political thinker. As we have not advanced, and perhaps never shall advance, beyond the Declaration and Constitution, so Paine has had no successors who extended his principles. (Thomas A Edison Quotes) We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord only knows. (Thomas A Edison Quotes) We haven’t failed. We now know a thousand things that won’t work, so we are much closer to finding what will. (Thomas A Edison Quotes) My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.... (Thomas A Edison Quotes) 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 Quotes) Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option (Thomas A Edison Quotes) A lawsuit is the suicide of time (Thomas A Edison Quotes) In creating technology for ourselves we created it for the world (Thomas A Edison Quotes) Nature made us... nature did it all... not the gods of the religions (Thomas A Edison Quotes) The only thing I use my body for is to carry my brain around (Thomas A Edison Quotes) I have had a lot of success with failure (Thomas A Edison Quotes) If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier, but less useful (Thomas A Edison Quotes) No, I haven’t failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work! (Thomas A Edison Quotes) There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work (Thomas A Edison Quotes) I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem (Thomas A Edison Quotes) Nothing that’s good works by itself, you’ve got to make the damn thing work (Thomas A Edison Quotes) We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of the Bon Dieu that we cannot read each others minds, twould stop civilization and everybody would take to the woods. In fifty or hundred thousand centuries when mankind have become perfect by evolution then perhaps this sense could be developed with safety to the state (Thomas A Edison Quotes) I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No when I have fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes (Thomas A Edison Quotes) There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new (Thomas A Edison Quotes) Education isn’t play--and it can’t be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work (Thomas A Edison Quotes) Baseball is the greatest of American games. Some say football, but it is my firm belief, and it shall always be, that baseball has no superior. (Thomas A Edison Quotes) When there’s no experimenting there’s no progress. Stop experimenting and you go backward. If anything goes wrong, experiment until you get to the very bottom of the trouble. (Thomas A Edison Quotes)

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