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
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
I am 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start.
There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
I've realized that most of my best ideas have followed a good night's sleep.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....
We haven't failed. We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we are much closer to finding what will.
To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.
Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, "No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.".
For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
The very first thing an executive must have is a fine memory. Of course it does not follow that a man with a fine memory is necessarily a fine executive. But if he has the memory he has the first qualification, and if he has not the memory nothing else matters.
What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.
I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.