Nature is what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, or loving. If God made me — the fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke: mercy, kindness, love — He also made the fish I catch and eat. ...
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise. Give a child plenty of exercise, for body and brai...
Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. {Edison's opinion of the great }
I have always regarded as one of the greatest of all Americans. ... It was my good fortune to encounter 's works in my boyhood ... it was, indeed, a revelation to me to read that great thinker's views on political and theological subjects. Paine educ...
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
I haven't failed,I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake ... Religion is all bunk.
I told [John Kruesi] I was going to record talking, and then have the machine talk back. He thought it absurd. However, it was finished, the foil was put on; I then shouted 'Mary had a little lamb', etc. I adjusted the reproducer, and the machine rep...
Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
