Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor....'
Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
I have had a lot of success with failure
There is a better way to do it - Find it!
To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
We haven't failed. We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we are much closer to finding what will.
Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
I never once failed at making a light bulb. I just found out 99 ways not to make one.
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines .
If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier, but less useful.
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
There cannot be overproduction of anything which men and women want. And their wants are unlimited, except by the size of their stomachs.
This problem, once solved, will be simple.
IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE
The radio craze will die out in time.
It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject.
There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.
Two per cent. is genius, and ninety-eight per cent. is hard work.
I know this world is ruled by Infinite Intelligence. It required Infinite Intelligence to create it and it requires Infinite Intelligence to keep it on its course ... It is mathematical in its precision.
I do not believe any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States.
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