A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another. Accordingly, my principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant but misdirected ideas of others.
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A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist was seeking. Edison informed the man that he had made 20,000 experiments but none had worked. 'Arent you discouraged by all this waste of effort' the reporter asked. Edison 'Waste Theres nothing wasted. I have discovered 20,000 things that wont work.Thomas Alva Edison
A teacher sent the following note home with a six-year-old boy 'He is too stupid to learn.' That boy was Thomas A. Edison.
Thomas Alva Edison
Because thinking is often hard work, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the labor that is associated with it. If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Thomas Alva Edison
Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best. Life's most soothing things are sweet music and a child's goodnight.
Thomas Alva Edison
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand without growing weary.
Thomas Alva Edison
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