There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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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...

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

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

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.

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 have a great idea, have a lot of them.

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

I start where the last man left off.

I start where the last man left off.

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...

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

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

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

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

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

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;...

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...

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.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

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...

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we...

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we...

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.

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...

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.