| If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. Thomas Edison Miscellaneous |
| More from Thomas Edison |
| They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward. Thomas Edison |
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| I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas Edison |
| Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison |
| The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. Thomas Edison |
| Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison |
| Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. Thomas Edison |
| Result! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. Thomas Edison |
| There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer. Thomas Edison |
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| I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. Thomas Edison |
| To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas Edison |
| More in the Miscellaneous category |
| "People who think by the inch and talk by the yard deserve to be kicked by the foot." Anonymous Miscellaneous |
One fine day in the middle of the night
Two dead boys got up to fight
Back to back they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other
One was blind and the other couldn't see
So they chose a dummy for a referee.
A blind man went to see fair play
A dumb man went to shout "hooray!"
A paralysed donkey passing by
Kicked the blind man in the eye
Knocked him through a nine inch wall
Into a dry ditch and drowned them all
A deaf policeman heard the noise
And came to arrest the two dead boys
If you don't believe this story’s true,
Ask the blind man, he saw it too! Anonymous Miscellaneous |
| "The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself." Jane Addams Miscellaneous |
| Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. Saint Augustin Miscellaneous |
| People see God every day, they just don't recognize Him. Pearl Bailey Miscellaneous |
| My band career ended late in my senior year when John Cooper and I threw my amplifier out the dormitory window. We did not act in haste. First we checked to make sure the amplifier would fit through the frame, using the belt from my bathrobe to measure, then we picked up the amplifier and backed up to my bedroom door. Then we rushed
forward, shouting "The WHO! The WHO!" and we launched my amplifier perfectly, as though we had been doing it all our lives, clean through the window and down onto the sidewalk, where a small but appreciative crowd had gathered. I would like to be able to say that this was a symbolic act, an effort on my part to break cleanly away from one state in my life and move on to another, but the truth is, Cooper and I really just wanted to find out what it would sound like. It sounded OK. Dave Barry Miscellaneous |
| Unicorns are immortal. It is their nature to live alone in one place: usually a forest where there is a pool clear enough for them to see themselves -- for they are a little vain, knowing themselves to be the most beautiful. Peter S. Beagle Miscellaneous |
| A scout troop consists of twelve little kids dressed like schmucks following a big schmuck dressed like a kid. Jack Benny Miscellaneous |
| "Surprise me!" [Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried] Yogi Berra Miscellaneous |
| People don't go there anymore. It's too crowded. Yogi Berra Miscellaneous |
