I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe.

A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist was seeking. Edison informed the man that he had made 20,000 experiments but none had worked. "Aren't you discouraged by all this waste of effort?" the reporter asked. Edison: "Waste! There's nothing wasted. I have discovered 20,000 things that won't work."

In creating technology for ourselves we created it for the world.

Any large extension of the Government into business affairs - no matter what the pretense and no matter how the the extension is labeled - will be bound to promote waste and put a curb on our prosperity and progress.

My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.

Inspiration can be found in a pile of junk. Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something.

My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.