461 Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

I have better use for my brain than to poison it with alcohol. To put alcohol in the human brain is like putting sand in the bearings of an engine.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something.

My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.

Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.

I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.

Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.

Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.