Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results.... -Thomas A. Edison

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

Thomas A. Edison , Inventor
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Thomas A. Edison Quotes to Explore

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time....
The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and the cause and prevention of ...
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the ...
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk....
Great ideas originate in the muscles....
To have a great idea, have a lot of them....
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense....
The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil....
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around....
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The sc...

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Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work....
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around....
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it....
It is better to imitate ancient than modern work....
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success....
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work....
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard....
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're ...
Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn't mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you ...
I'm just not a guy that loves to eat. I love to work and love to work out. I think I go against all the nutritionists who say you need to do this or n...