Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Alva Edisonwas an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth11 February 1847
CountryUnited States of America
Thomas A. Edison quotes about
Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No when I have fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes.
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
A teacher sent the following note home with a six-year-old boy 'He is too stupid to learn.' That boy was Thomas A. Edison.
When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus...
There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
I can never pick up a thing without wishing to improve it.
Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.
My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it…. I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to kill….
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
Youth doesn't take advice.