Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders...

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

What you are will show in what you do.

What you are will show in what you do.

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...

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things...

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things...

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.

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.

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

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