Thomas A. Edison Quotes

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.
Thomas A. Edison

Fact, Behind, Laws

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Thomas A. Edison

Proud, Fact, Weapons

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

Brain, Around, Body

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
Thomas A. Edison

Best, Thinking, Done

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Thomas A. Edison

Work, Put, Effort

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

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
Thomas A. Edison

Idea, Lies, Value

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.
Thomas A. Edison

Character, Mind, Control

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.
Thomas A. Edison

Impossible, Become, Place

What you are will show in what you do.
Thomas A. Edison

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

Thinking, Labor, Avoid

I start where the last man left off.
Thomas A. Edison

Start, Off, Last

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

Percent, Millionth

Great ideas originate in the muscles.
Thomas A. Edison

Great, Ideas, Muscles

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Thomas A. Edison

Failure, Show, Satisfied

Religion is all bunk.
Thomas A. Edison

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
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.
Thomas A. Edison

After, Getting, Until

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
Thomas A. Edison

Body, Community, Cells

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
Thomas A. Edison

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
Thomas A. Edison

Genius, Quite, Content

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
Thomas A. Edison

Success, Work, Greatest

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

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
Thomas A. Edison

Forward, President, Perhaps

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.
Thomas A. Edison

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: February 11, 1847

Died: October 18, 1931

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