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Quotes by Thomas Edison

Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work

Thomas Alva Edison : American inventor & industrialist
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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If I had not had so much ambition and had not tried to do so many things I probably would have been happier, but less useful.

Thomas Alva Edison : American inventor & industrialist
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thomas Alva Edison : American inventor & industrialist
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

Thomas Alva Edison : American inventor & industrialist
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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When a man dies, if he can pass enthusiasm along to his children, he has left them an estate of incalculable value.

Thomas Alva Edison : American inventor & industrialist
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution.  Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.  ~Thomas A. Edison

Thomas Alva Edison : American inventor & industrialist
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

Thomas Alva Edison : American inventor & industrialist
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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If there is a way to do it better... find it.

Thomas Alva Edison : American inventor & industrialist
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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We don't know a millionth of 1 percent about anything.

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Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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When I have finally decided that a result is worth getting, I go ahead on it and make trial after trial until it comes.

Thomas Alva Edison : American inventor & industrialist
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931)
 
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