Thomas A. Edison

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production…

Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something…

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes…

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to…

Religion is all bunk…

Great ideas originate in the muscles…

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things…

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure…

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly…

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what…

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of…

To my mind the old masters are not art their value is in their scarcity…

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil…

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so…

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness…