Edison, Thomas Alva

"Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work."

"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure."

"Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress."

"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."

"If there is a way to do it better, find it."

"Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun."

"Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure."