In conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone (1931); as quoted in Uncommon Friends : Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel & Charles Lindbergh (1987) by James Newton, p. 31.
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“I find out what the world needs. Then, I go ahead and invent it.”
As quoted in American Greats (1999) Edited by Robert A. Wilson and Stanley Marcus, p. 70.
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As quoted in Jesus : Myth Or Reality? (2006) by Ian Curtis, p. 289.
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“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”
As quoted in Artifacts : An Archaeologist's Year in Silicon Valley (2001) by Christine Finn. p. 90.
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As quoted in Tesla : The Modern Sorcerer (1999) by Daniel Blair Stewart, p. 411.
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Varianta: Everyone steals in commerce and industry. I have stolen a lot myself. But at least I know how to steal.
The Freethinker (1970), G.W. Foote & Company, Volume 90, p. 147.
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“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
As quoted in Behavior-Based Robotics (1998) by Ronald C. Arkin. p. 8.
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“We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.”
As quoted in Golden Book (April 1931), according to Stevenson's Book of Quotations (Cassell 3rd edition 1938) by Burton Egbert Stevenson.
1930s
“So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake … Religion is all bunk.”
As quoted in What on Earth is an Atheist! (1972) by Madalyn Murray O'Hair, p. 251.
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“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”
As quoted in Thomas Alva Edison : Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life (1908) by Francis Arthur Jones, p. 14.
1900s
“There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.”
Sir Joshua Reynolds. Edison liked the quote and posted it around his factory.
Misattributed
On his years of research in developing the electric light bulb, as quoted in "Talks with Edison" by George Parsons Lathrop in Harper's magazine, Vol. 80 (February 1890), p. 425.
Variant:
Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off. … All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention pure and simple.
As quoted in Makers of the Modern World : The Lives of Ninety-two Writers, Artists, Scientists, Statesmen, Inventors, Philosophers, Composers, and Other Creators who Formed the Pattern of Our Century (1955) by Louis Untermeyer, p. 227.
1800s
Diary entry, as quoted in Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently : Lessons from Edison's Mother (2007) by Scott Teel, p. 12
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Science, if it ever learns the facts, probably will find another more definitely descriptive term.
As quoted in Thomas A. Edison, Benefactor of Mankind : The Romantic Life Story of the World's Greatest Inventor (1931) by Francis Trevelyan Miller, Ch. 25 : Edison's Views on Life — His Philosophy and Religion, p. 295
1930s