461 Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.

Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best.

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.

Nothing that’s good works by itself, you’ve got to make the damn thing work.

Focus on how the end-user customers perceive the impact of your innovation – rather than on how you, the innovators, perceive it.

We often miss opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work.

There are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.

You can’t realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.

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