Thomas A. Edison Quotes

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

Thomas A. Edison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: inventor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931

Topics

ManImpossiblePlaceLooksBecome

This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.

Joe Biden

EnvironmentalImpactTaxWantBeyond

Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience.

Jerry Stiller

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I'm a big believer than a great bit is a great bit - if I go and see someone I love, like Robert Klein. I want to hear some classics and some new stuff. But a great stand-up bit takes a long time to really polish and perfect, and they're beautiful things when they're done.

Jerry Seinfeld

LoveBeautifulGreatTimeSomeone

I'm a very soft-spoken person. I don't throw furniture. I don't throw tantrums.

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

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The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.

John Lothrop Motley

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I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.

Althea Gibson

LifeLiveWantNormalSuccessful

I found it amazing people can think that art must be connected to religion. Religion may give art themes, but there would still be art without religion. Bach is not proof that art exists.

Michel Onfray

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I've had horror movies thrown at me and I just don't want to do any because violence isn't really good for society.

Luke Ford

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I had liver disease. I'm completely cured now, but I thought about if I died from liver cancer, what my life would look like. I followed this wish of being a fiction writer.

Min Jin Lee

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A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

Jean Baudrillard

JealousyNegativeYouSatisfaction

I'd rather have too many weird fans than no fans at all.

Dean Ambrose

WeirdFansRatherThanManyToo

I would rather feel things in extreme than not at all.

Bonnie Raitt

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