I began my thesis research at Harvard by working with a team in the laboratory of William N. Lipscom...
THOMAS A. STEITZ Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly s...
THOMAS A. EDISON Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
THOMAS A. EDISON The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
THOMAS A. EDISON There's a way to do it better - find it.
THOMAS A. EDISON What you are will show in what you do.
THOMAS A. EDISON Great ideas originate in the muscles.
THOMAS A. EDISON To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
THOMAS A. EDISON Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
THOMAS A. EDISON The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
THOMAS A. EDISON I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
THOMAS A. EDISON Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all...
THOMAS A KEMPIS One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his...
THOMAS A. EDISON He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
THOMAS A KEMPIS The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing ov...
THOMAS A. EDISON Religion is all bunk.
THOMAS A. EDISON Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the ot...
THOMAS A. EDISON it is much safer to obey than to rule.
THOMAS A KEMPIS They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
THOMAS A. EDISON We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as y...
THOMAS A KEMPIS It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as...
THOMAS A KEMPIS Know all and you will pardon all.
THOMAS A KEMPIS There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
THOMAS A KEMPIS There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
THOMAS A. EDISON Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world...
THOMAS A. EDISON In things essential, unity; in doubtful, liberty; in all things,
charity.
[Lat., In necessasariis...
THOMAS A KEMPIS He is truly great who hath a great charity.
THOMAS A KEMPIS The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-it...
THOMAS A. EDISON I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
THOMAS A. EDISON Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.
THOMAS A. EDISON Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fund...
THOMAS A. EDISON We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work
THOMAS A. EDISON Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave...
THOMAS A. EDISON Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The g...
THOMAS A. BENNETT No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind.
THOMAS A. BENNETT When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
THOMAS A KEMPIS But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
goes also out of mind.
[Lat., Cum ...
THOMAS A KEMPIS The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one p...
THOMAS A. EDISON For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather
show us to be what we are.
THOMAS A KEMPIS All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights
to dwell, His visits there are fre...
THOMAS A KEMPIS Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
THOMAS A KEMPIS The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Restlessness and discontent are the necessities of progress.
THOMAS A. EDISON To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require pl...
THOMAS A. BUCKNER Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring s...
THOMAS A KEMPIS First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yours...
THOMAS A KEMPIS The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
THOMAS A. EDISON There is no substitute for hard work.
THOMAS A. EDISON I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
THOMAS A. EDISON The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and C...
THOMAS A. EDISON Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they ...
THOMAS A. EDISON First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
THOMAS A. EDISON Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
THOMAS A. EDISON Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
THOMAS A KEMPIS His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of pers...
THOMAS A. EDISON Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one m...
THOMAS A. EDISON If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS A. EDISON To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
THOMAS A. EDISON I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
THOMAS A. EDISON Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then h...
THOMAS A. EDISON The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
THOMAS A. EDISON Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment an...
THOMAS A. EDISON It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and s...
THOMAS A. EDISON Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
THOMAS A KEMPIS There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialit...
THOMAS A. EDISON Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stron...
THOMAS A. EDISON Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming ...
THOMAS A. EDISON If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS A. EDISON O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.
[Lat., O quam cito transit gloria mundi.]
THOMAS A KEMPIS Man proposes, but God disposes.
THOMAS A KEMPIS ...What I have denied and what my reason compels me to deny, is the existence of a Being throned abo...
THOMAS A. EDISON I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that e...
THOMAS A. EDISON Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
THOMAS A. EDISON A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above
himself in spirit.
[Lat., Amator J...
THOMAS A KEMPIS Hell, there are no rules here--we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON We never shall have any more time we have, and we have always had, all the time there is.
THOMAS A. BENNETT Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wr...
THOMAS A. EDISON We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
THOMAS A. EDISON There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
THOMAS A. EDISON The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of...
THOMAS A. EDISON Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
THOMAS A. EDISON Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
THOMAS A. EDISON If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS A. EDISON I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident
THOMAS A. EDISON I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
THOMAS A. EDISON Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a ...
THOMAS A. EDISON Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
THOMAS A. EDISON As a cure for worrying, work is better than whisky.
THOMAS A. EDISON Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as y...
THOMAS A KEMPIS And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
THOMAS A KEMPIS The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outwa...
THOMAS A KEMPIS Remember that lost time does not return.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Of two evils we must always choose the least.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and...
THOMAS A KEMPIS Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.
THOMAS A KEMPIS He had all the attributes...
THOMAS A. EDISON Life is like eating artichokes, you have got to go through so much to get so little.
THOMAS A. DORGAN It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and ...
THOMAS A. EDISON I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousan...
THOMAS A. EDISON Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep t...
THOMAS A. EDISON I sat down at the piano and my hands began to browse over the keys. Then something happened. I felt ...
THOMAS A. DORSEY Money doesn't make the man. Some people have money, and some people are rich.
THOMAS A. DORSEY Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excu...
THOMAS A KEMPIS When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
THOMAS A. EDISON Nature is what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, o...
THOMAS A. EDISON The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
THOMAS A KEMPIS I have never failed, I've only shown the way I did it before doesn't work.
THOMAS A. EDISON The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one pro...
THOMAS A. EDISON There's a way to do it better - find it.
THOMAS A. EDISON Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember ...
THOMAS A. EDISON What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer...
THOMAS A KEMPIS I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls succes...
THOMAS A. EDISON I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
THOMAS A KEMPIS The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
THOMAS A KEMPIS If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entir...
THOMAS A KEMPIS I have always regarded P...
THOMAS A. EDISON People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project nor contribute a pound of material, wi...
THOMAS A. EDISON Tom Paine ha...
THOMAS A. EDISON I have always been interested in this THOMAS A. EDISON Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back
THOMAS A KEMPIS It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spo...
THOMAS A KEMPIS Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
THOMAS A KEMPIS What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to ...
THOMAS A KEMPIS Paine suffered then,...
THOMAS A. EDISON Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
THOMAS A KEMPIS The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.
THOMAS A. KEMPIS Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
THOMAS A KEMPIS Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary natur...
THOMAS A KEMPIS The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary pu...
THOMAS A. EDISON How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
THOMAS A KEMPIS A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
THOMAS A KEMPIS My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to d...
THOMAS A KEMPIS Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility ...
THOMAS A. EDISON The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
THOMAS A. EDISON I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it
THOMAS A. EDISON To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concen...
THOMAS A. EDISON We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using...
THOMAS A. EDISON Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thorough...
THOMAS A. EDISON I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.
THOMAS A. EDISON The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the ...
THOMAS A. EDISON There are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can n...
THOMAS A. EDISON There’s no happy ending ... Nevertheless, we might well say that is exactly Harriet Beecher Stowe�...
THOMAS A. SHIPPEY He had all the a...
THOMAS A. EDISON Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
A. A. MILNE What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
A. A. MILNE Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
A. A. MILNE Tiggers don't like honey.
A. A. MILNE I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him w...
A. A. MILNE Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
A. A. MILNE My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong place...
A. A. MILNE Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
A. A. MILNE To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
A. A. MILNE I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for hims...
A. A. MILNE War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer t...
A. A. MILNE Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.
A. A. MILNE Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
A. A. MILNE It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enou...
A. A. HODGE Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do...
A. A. MILNE If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that h...
A. A. MILNE The purpose of the present course is the deepening and development of difficulties underlying contem...
A. A. BLASOV Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems...
A A MILNE Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when th...
A. A. MILNE When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing w...
A. A. MILNE One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
A. A. MILNE Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.
A. A. MILNE Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bi...
A. A. MILNE Silence is a text easy to misread.
A. A. ATTANASIO Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is ...
A. A. MILNE If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live wi...
A. A. MILNE You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
A. A. MILNE Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you see...
A. A. MILNE The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is onl...
A. A. MILNE Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
A. A. MILNE You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to...
A. A. MILNE Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing ...
A. A. MILNE It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy...
A. A. MILNE The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief - call it what you will - ...
A. A. MILNE A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to ...
A. A. MILNE Oh, help!” said Pooh. “I’d better go back.”
“Oh, bother!” said Pooh. “I shall hav...
MILNE, A. A. How would it be,” said Pooh slowly, “if, as soon as we’re out of sight of this Pit, we try to ...
MILNE, A. A. Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and s...
A. A. MILNE I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.
A. A. MILNE If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
A. A. MILNE