None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Thomas A. Edison More Quotes by Thomas A. Edison More Quotes From Thomas A. Edison We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy - sun, wind and tide. ... 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. Thomas A. Edison naturerunningwind One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. Thomas A. Edison successinspirationallove It is absurd to say that our country can issue $30,000,000 in bonds and not $30,000,000 in currency. Both are promises to pay; but one promise fattens the usurer (banker), and the other helps the people. If the currency issued by the Government were no good, then the bonds issued would be no good either. It is a terrible situation when the Government, to increase the national wealth, must go into debt and submit to ruinous interest charges at the hands of men who control the fictitious values of gold. Thomas A. Edison issuesmencountry I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator. Thomas A. Edison motivationalinspirationalbelieve I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe. Thomas A. Edison supremeexistencebelieve Consider data without prejudice. Thomas A. Edison dataprejudice I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours - and thrived on it. Thomas A. Edison fourtwentiesfacts Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration. Thomas A. Edison educationalgeniusinspirational Sticking to it is the genius. Thomas A. Edison ignorancechildrenknowledge The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in. Thomas A. Edison selfishbelievereligion Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun. Thomas A. Edison tidessunfall I didn’t fail ten thousand times. Thomas A. Edison combinationfailingthousand Inspiration can be found in a pile of junk. Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something. Thomas A. Edison inspirationimaginationtogether I can never pick up a thing without wishing to improve it. Thomas A. Edison picksi-canwish My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it…. I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to kill…. Thomas A. Edison purposewantinspirational A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist was seeking. Edison informed the man that he had made 20,000 experiments but none had worked. "Aren't you discouraged by all this waste of effort?" the reporter asked. Edison: "Waste! There's nothing wasted. I have discovered 20,000 things that won't work." Thomas A. Edison workdiscoverymen 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 doctorsairexercise I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. Thomas A. Edison motivationsuccessfunny Oh these mathematicians make me tired! When you ask them to work out a sum they take a piece of paper, cover it with rows of A's, B's, and X's and Y's ... scatter a mess of flyspecks over them, and then give you an answer that's all wrong! Thomas A. Edison tiredgivingscience When you become quiet, it just dawns on you Thomas A. Edison dawnquiet
