There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new.

I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention. It's their 'ideas' that appeal to me. I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor

I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure

The inventor tries to meet the demand of a crazy civilization.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose.

I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.

I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.