Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

Quote by Thomas A Edison

Topics: Thomas A Edison Quotes

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor...

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor...

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim...

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim...

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

I start where the last man left off.

I start where the last man left off.

There's a way to do it better - find it.

There's a way to do it better - find it.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the...

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the...

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one...

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one...

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put...

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put...

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident;...

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident;...