{"id":586,"date":"2013-08-18T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=586"},"modified":"2013-08-18T17:01:37","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T17:01:37","slug":"thomas-edison-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Edison quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Quotation<\/a>Edison, Thomas A. (1847 – 1931), US inventor<\/span><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.<\/p>\n

Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.<\/i><\/p>\n

We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything.<\/i><\/p>\n

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.<\/i><\/p>\n

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.<\/i><\/p>\n

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labour of thinking.<\/i><\/p>\n

Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction. Faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.<\/i><\/p>\n

If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.<\/i><\/p>\n

I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.<\/i><\/p>\n

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.<\/i><\/p>\n

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.<\/i><\/p>\n

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.<\/i><\/p>\n

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edison, Thomas A. (1847 – 1931), US inventor I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything. If … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-famous-quotations","tag-famous-quotations-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t