Home / Quotes / Quote by Thomas A. Edison

Quote by Thomas A. Edison

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

Quote by Thomas A. Edison

Author

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and entrepreneur, known as the 'Wizard of Menlo Park' and the 'Inventor of the Age.' He held over 1,000 patents, including the light bulb, phonograph, motion picture camera, and electrical power system. Edison made significant contributions to the fields of electricity, chemistry, and mechanical engineering, profoundly impacting modern industrial and technological development. more

You May Also Like

“In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.”

Persons Hard Order Sacrifice Leisure Prosperous Leisure Time

Author:Dalai Lama

“People ask why there are so few female artists who succeed. It's because women are not ready to sacrifice as much as men. Women want a man, they want a family, they want to have children, they want to be loved, and to be an artist. And they can't; it's impossible.”

People Men Want Children Artist Asks Impossible Sacrifice Ready Succeed Female Men Women Not Ready Women Want Female Artists

Author:Marina Abramovic

“Sacrifice counts for a lot in sport. From a young age, I couldn't do the normal things that the boys of my age get to do. Maybe you have a nice car or a nice house, but at times you just want to be a normal guy and you can't.”

Want Age Young Guy House Sports Boys Nice Sacrifice Car Normal Young Age Normal Things Nice House Nice Cars

Author:Mario Balotelli

“My father offered his life so our democracy could live. My mother devoted her life to nurturing that democracy. I will dedicate my life to making our democracy reach its fullest potential: that of ensuring equality for all. My family has sacrificed much and I am willing to do this again if necessary.”

Ifs Mother Father Democracy Willing My Family Devoted Nurturing Equality For All

Author:Benigno Aquino III

“Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.”

Happens Prayer Sin Grace Sacrifice Fields Discipline Essentials Gains Dues Confession Sacraments

Author:Lou Holtz

“As a husband and as a father of girls, I cannot imagine any woman in my family making the sacrifice of sanity required to run for office. The limited reward for public service cannot blunt the cost.”

Running Girl Father Imagine Sacrifice Cost Husband Office My Family Rewards Sanity Public Service Blunt

Author:Mark McKinnon

“Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.”

People Want Important Order Nice Sacrifice Equal Prepared Be Good Merit Being Nice

Author:Paul Arden

“The Igbo used to say that they built their own gods. They would come together as a community, and they would express a wish. And their wish would then be brought to a priest, who would find a ritual object, and the appropriate sacrifices would be made, and the shrine would be built for the god.”

Made Would Be Together Used Wish Community Sacrifice Objects Built Appropriate Priests Ritual Shrines

Author:Chris Abani

“...Mama used to say that when you don't know what to do, do nothing. She meant you can try too hard to solve a problem. If you give it a little time, the answer might just come to you plain as day.”

Ifs Knows Giving Trying Littles Hard Problem Might Used Answers Solve Mama Little Time

Book:Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society: A Novel

Source: Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society: A Novel

“Yeah, my real name is Coppola. I changed it because they'd think I was some nepotism-oriented kid.”

Thinking Real Kids Names Changed Yeah Nepotism

Author:Nicolas Cage