There is a better way to do it - Find it!

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

I never once failed at making a light bulb. I just found out 99 ways not to make one.

Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.

The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.

When there's no experimenting there's no progress. Stop experimenting and you go backward. If anything goes wrong, experiment until you get to the very bottom of the trouble.

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