“Religion is all bunk.”
Religion
“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”
FailureAll Quotes by Thomas A. Edison
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
Good“Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”
Failure“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
Work“There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.”
Death“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.”
Friendship“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”
Failure“Great ideas originate in the muscles.”
Great“To my mind the old masters are not art their value is in their scarcity.”
Art“I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.”
Success“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.”
Intelligence“Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.”
Time“I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.”
Life“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.”
Business“To have a great idea, have a lot of them.”
Great“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.”
Great“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
Work“Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.”
Work“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
Motivational“There is no substitute for hard work.”
Work