American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
There is no substitute for hard work.
What you are will show in what you do.
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.
Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.