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

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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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...

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

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

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.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

What you are will show in what you do.

What you are will show in what you do.

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

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

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;...

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...

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

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

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

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

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...

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...

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.