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We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
Milton Berle
Funny
Thomas
Thomas Edison
Television
Him
Edison
Lot
Owe
Candlelight
Watching
Watching Television
When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.
George Carlin
Work
Light
Made
Lamp
Late
Thomas
Thomas Edison
Seem
More
Had
He
Sure
Edison
Candle
Urgent
Worked
Much
Electric
Electric Light
Gas
Night
When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
You
Woman
Win
Remember
Light
Sky
First
Think
Alexander
Thomas
Telephone
Rings
See
Above
Nobel
Light Bulb
Nobel Prize
Look
Edison
Bulb
Sir
Prize
Blue
Blue Sky
Graham
Bell
Marie
If we arrive at a saner world in which the maximum human potential is cultivated in every person, our descendants will not understand why our world produced only one Louis Pasteur, one Edison, one Tesla, or one Salk, and why great achievements in our age were the products of a relative few.
Jacque Fresco
Great
Age
World
Will
Few
Every
Our
Relative
Our World
Only
Potential
Edison
Understand
Tesla
Arrive
Were
Cultivated
Louis
Person
Maximum
Human
Achievements
Which
Produced
Products
Descendants
Why
Great Achievements
I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton.
David Antin
Thought
Whatever
Thinking
Guess
Inventor
Edison
Maybe
James
Wanted
Then
Newton
Meant
Even
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
Napoleon Hill
You
Light
Made
Discouraged
Before
Few
He
Fail
Failed
Edison
Times
Electric
Electric Light
I don't like Thomas Edison. I'm a fan of Nicolai Tesla.
David Lynch
Thomas
Thomas Edison
Like
Edison
Tesla
Fan
Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?
Al Boliska
You
Technology
TV
Edison
Were
Candlelight
Realize
Watching
Watching Tv
Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris.
Al Jardine
World
Car
Thomas
Thomas Edison
Sold
Paris
He
Fair
Edison
Yes
Grandfather
Worked
Electric
Electric Cars
I grew up as one of the few Jews in Edison, and I had people tell me they hated me because of my religion.
David Bryan
Religion
Me
People
Few
Jews
Tell
Hated
Had
Because
Edison
Up
Grew
One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.
Earl Monroe
Other
Thomas
Thomas Edison
Invented
Because
Edison
Moves
Many
Nicknames
What I'm trying to do is get this message out about self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism - the way we were when we changed the world, when Edison was alone, failing his 2,000th time on the lightbulb.
Glenn Beck
Alone
Time
World
Changed
Way
Out
Spirit
About
Entrepreneurial
Entrepreneurial Spirit
True
Failing
Message
Edison
Were
His
Get
Trying
Americanism
My mother was a single mom whose days were spent as a customer service rep at Con Edison in downtown Brooklyn.
Jacqueline Woodson
Service
Mom
Mother
Single
Spent
Brooklyn
Con
Days
Edison
Single Mom
Rep
Were
Customer
Customer Service
Whose
Downtown
Imagine if Steve Jobs or Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein were all alive 10, 20, 30 years before we know them to be alive; it would have advanced the world that much sooner.
Marc Guggenheim
World
Before
Thomas
Thomas Edison
Alive
Jobs
Would
Advanced
Sooner
Know
Steve
Steve Jobs
Edison
Were
Years
Einstein
Them
Much
Albert
Albert Einstein
Imagine
Americans understand that one of our great national strengths is innovation. Great innovators - Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and others - are household names.
Robert Hormats
Great
Innovation
National
Others
Thomas
Thomas Edison
Our
Innovators
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Jobs
Names
Steve
Steve Jobs
Household
Ford
Edison
Understand
American
Bill
Bill Gates
Henry
Henry Ford
Strengths
Gates
In my first few years of elementary school at the Edison School in Detroit, I did poorly. I remember worrying that I might fail the second grade and be held back.
Robert J. Shiller
Remember
School
First
Few
Back
Worrying
Detroit
Fail
Edison
Years
Did
Grade
Might
Held
Poorly
Elementary
Elementary School
Second
If I look into my past, I was definitely into inventors. I was into stories of Edison and Tesla and da Vinci and all these guys making stuff in their garage.
Robin Sloan
Past
Definitely
Guys
Inventors
Stuff
Look
Edison
Making
Tesla
Stories
Garage
Beware of advice about successful people and their methods. For starters, no two situations are alike. Your dreams of creating a dry-cleaning empire won't be helped by knowing that Thomas Edison liked to take naps.
Scott Adams
Dreams
People
Advice
Thomas
Thomas Edison
Alike
About
Take
Empire
Beware
Liked
Knowing
Naps
Edison
Methods
Situations
Successful
Creating
Successful People
Your
Your Dreams
Helped
Starters
Two
Long before my days at ESPN, the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' or the 'New York Daily News' before that, I was a student at Thomas A. Edison Vocational and Technical High.
Stephen A. Smith
News
Daily
Long
Before
Thomas
High
Vocational
Student
New
Days
Edison
York
ESPN
New York
Technical
Daily News
Philadelphia
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