It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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

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

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

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

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

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.

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...

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 know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that...

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that...

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so...

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so...

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always...

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always...

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

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

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

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

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?

All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the...

All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the...