There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.
THOMAS EDISONIt is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
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The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.
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Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
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There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking.
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What you are will show in what you do.
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The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.
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I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.
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I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
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Success depends on how many experiments you can fit into 24 hours.
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To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.
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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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I am 67, but I’m not too old to make a fresh start.
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If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
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All bibles are man-made.
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Vision without execution is delusion.
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