Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
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Someday man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.Thomas Alva Edison
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
Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.
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I have not failed. I have merely found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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The inventor tries to meet the demand of a crazy civilization.
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There is far more danger in public than in private monopoly, for when Government goes into business it can always shift its losses to the taxpayers. Government never makes ends meetand that is the first requisite of business.
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