America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELLFirst words on the first telephone – “Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you.”
More Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
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Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods.
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It is the man who carefully advances step by step, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
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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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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.
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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
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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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Observe, Remember, Compare.
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Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.
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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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First words on the first telephone – “Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you.”
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The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.
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Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.
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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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