Thomas Edison on afford
“Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose.”
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I never did a day’s work in my life, it was all fun.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison What you are will show in what you do.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison A genius is a talented person who does his homework.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Consider data without prejudice.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison A man’s best friend is a good wife.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I failed my way to success.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson If you act like an adult when you’re a kid you can afford to act like a kid the rest of your life.
Walt DisneyWalt Disney This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford.
James BaldwinJames Baldwin A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.
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