His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
Thomas A. EdisonI never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!
Thomas A. EdisonI have always consistently opposed high-tension and alternating systems of electric lighting...not only on account of danger, but because of their general unreliability and unsuitability for any general system of distribution.
Thomas A. Edison