Popular Quotes Through Time

We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.

I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.

Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work.

I've realized that most of my best ideas have followed a good night's sleep.

Sticking to it is the genius.

Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun.

All bibles are man-made.

I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred.

First be sure a thing is wanted or needed, then go ahead.

Smoking too much makes me nervous. Must lasso my natural tendency to acquire such habits. Holding heavy cigar constantly in my mouth has deformed my upper lip, it has a sort of Havana curl.

I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience.

I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.

I have had a lot of success with failure.

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

I think work is the world's greatest fun.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.