Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

To lift farm drudgery off flesh and blood and lay it on steel and motors has been my most constant ambition

Many persons think that by hoarding money they are gaining safety for themselves. If money is your only hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. Without these qualities, money is practically useless. The security even of money depends on knowledge, experience, and ability. If productive ideas are displaced by destructive ideas, economic life suffers.

Mr Edison gave America just what was needed at that moment in history. They say that when people think of me, they think of my assembly line. Mr. Edison, you built an assembly line which brought together the genius of invention, science and industry.

Some people believe they are winners, others believe they are losers. And they are both right.

Labor unions are the worst thing that ever struck the earth because they take away a man's independence.

There is only a "marginal difference" separating those who are truly successful and those who merely do well.Whether you believe you can do something or not, you are right!