What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELLWherever you may find the inventor, you may give him wealth or you may take from him all that he has; and he will go on inventing. He can no more help inventing that he can help thinking or breathing.
More Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.
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America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.
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First words on the first telephone – “Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you.”
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
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What this power is, I cannot say All I know is that it exists.
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Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.
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Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods.
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Observe, Remember, Compare.
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The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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I have travelled around the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all!
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I have always considered myself as an Agnostic.
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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.
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Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.
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The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.
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