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

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

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

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

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no substitute for hard 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...

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...

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

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 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...

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...

I start where the last man left off.

I start where the last man left off.

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 have a great idea, have a lot of them.

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

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...

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.

Religion is all bunk.

Religion is all bunk.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common...

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common...

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 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;...

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

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