461 Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.

Consider data without prejudice.

The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a violent action on the nerve centers, producing degeneration of the cells of the brain, which is quite rapid among boys. Unlike most narcotics, this degeneration is permanent and uncontrollable. I employ no person who smokes cigarettes.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward

Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure.

The inventor tries to meet the demand of a crazy civilization.

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

Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You've got to make the damn thing work!...I failed my way to success.