Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.
Quote by Thomas A. Edison
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Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.
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Thomas A. Edison Quotes
- Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
- I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.
- One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
- Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
- Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
- To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
- There is no substitute for hard work.
- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
- I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
- Great ideas originate in the muscles.
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- I say that justice is truth in action.
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