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I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred.

I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Life, Birthday

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Educational, Genius

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Science, Imagination Creativity
"Behavior-Based Robotics". Book by Ronald C. Arkin, 1998.

No, I haven't failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work!

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Ideas, Contrary

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Positive, Business
"Geek mythology and Nikola Tesla" by Rebekah Higgitt, www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2012.

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.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Success

I start where the last man left off.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Positive, Men
"Makers of the Modern World : The Lives of Ninety-two Writers, Artists, Scientists, Statesmen, Inventors, Philosophers, Composers, and Other Creators who Formed the Pattern of Our Century". Book by Louis Untermeyer, 1955.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Positive
"Thomas Alva Edison : Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life". Book by Francis Arthur Jones, 1908.

I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Failure, Way

I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Patience, Perseverance

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. As a result, a genius is often a talented person who has simply done all of his homework.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Ninety Nine

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Life, Motivational

My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it…. I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to kill….

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Purpose, Want

I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Believe

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

Thomas A. Edison
Love, Inspirational, Success

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