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

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

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.

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of...

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of...

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.

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.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of...

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of...

What you are will show in what you do.

What you are will show in what you do.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

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.

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

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

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

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

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...

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

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

Love sees no color

Love sees no color

I become a waterwheel, turning and tasting you, as long as water moves.

I become a waterwheel, turning and tasting you, as long as water moves.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...