Thomas Alva Edison

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that read more

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem.

Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several
thousand things that won't work.

Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several
thousand things that won't work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.

Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and read more

Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun.

There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.

There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.