17 Quotes by Thomas A. Edison about Men

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    I think that Ingersoll had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. Judging from the past, I cannot help thinking that the intention of the Supreme Intelligence that rules the world is to ultimately make such a type of man universal.

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    I am much less interested in what is called God's word than in God's deeds. All bibles are man-made.

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    I start where the last man left off. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of a man can achieve.

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    The inventor can't do it all, you've got to change people. We have an enormous capacity to invent super-machinery. But our desire to install the device is weak. Human inertia is the problem, not invention. Something in man makes him resist change.

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    The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.

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    There cannot be overproduction of anything which men and women want. And their wants are unlimited, except by the size of their stomachs.

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    My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a soul; but I simply do not believe it.

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