A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELLThere cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things.
More Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
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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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America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.
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Wherever 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.
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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
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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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There are two critical points in every aerial flight-its beginning and its end.
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With every door that closes a new one opens.
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When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.
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What this power is, I cannot say All I know is that it exists.
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Observe, Remember, Compare.
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First words on the first telephone – “Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you.”
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There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things.
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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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