461 Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain.

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

When we learn how to store electricity, we will cease being apes ourselves; until then we are tailless orangutans. You see, we should utilize natural forces and thus get all of our power. Sunshine is a form of energy, and the winds and the tides are manifestations of energy. Do we use them? Oh, no! We burn up wood and coal, as renters burn up the front fence for fuel. We live like squatters, not as if we owned the property.

What you are will show in what you do.

Any large extension of the Government into business affairs - no matter what the pretense and no matter how the the extension is labeled - will be bound to promote waste and put a curb on our prosperity and progress.

Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals.

To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful .