Charles Edison quote: "It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the issues, even before the welfare of the commonwealth."

I am confident that this legislature will rise above partisan bickering, especially after the public...
CHARLES EDISON

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.
CHARLES EDISON

Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governme...
CHARLES EDISON

In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promi...
CHARLES EDISON

I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own...
CHARLES EDISON

Any man who takes a job with the idea that it is simply a springboard for something else is a chump....
CHARLES EDISON

I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any fie...
CHARLES EDISON

A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be alter...
CHARLES EDISON

Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamenta...
CHARLES EDISON

Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.
CHARLES EDISON

It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have el...
CHARLES EDISON

My goal was to make New Jersey's state government a model for all other states to emulate, hopef...
CHARLES EDISON

I would rather be respected than elected.
CHARLES EDISON

I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee.
CHARLES EDISON

In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely...
CHARLES EDISON

Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.
CHARLES EDISON

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. -Thomas Edison.
THOMAS EDISON

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas...
THOMAS EDISON

Oh my, it's very beautiful over there.
THOMAS EDISON

That whole name recognition thing is huge. You need to get around the state as much as you can, givi...
BRENT EDISON

Property taxes have become an 800-pound gorilla on the back of North Dakota property owners and rent...
BRENT EDISON

We've had some version of the software from a third party vendor since 1999. We've been working on i...
BRENT EDISON

I'm in fighting trim. I'm full of energy and optimism and I'm ready to take on this challenge.
BRENT EDISON

It was like a deer in the headlights. This one is different.
BRENT EDISON

I can buy my hunting and fishing license online without an extra charge. I can renew my registration...
BRENT EDISON

With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation.
EDISON HAINES

I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
DAVE EDISON

The funding here is superb.
EDISON LIU

Customers more and more need a partner who can integrate all these technologies together, and this i...
EDISON PERES

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually disguises itself as ha...
THOMAS EDISON

If you want to succeed, get some enemies.
THOMAS EDISON

Costco's search engine is poorly designed and the Web site overall doesn't engage the user. Best Buy...
LIZ EDISON

The visual appeal of Amazon.com really stood out. The site offers 360-degree viewing of products and...
LIZ EDISON

He showed me his breaking ball and changeup, how he held it and threw it. He has a lot of experience...
EDISON VOLQUEZ

I'm a good dancer, but I think I'm a better pitcher.
EDISON VOLQUEZ

I learned a lot being in the big leagues last season. For one thing, I learned I was tipping pitches...
EDISON VOLQUEZ

I was pleased. This was my first start of the spring. This is my first spring. They've told me I hav...
EDISON VOLQUEZ

The Cisco team has been working closely with partners for the past 18 months to map out the evolutio...
EDISON PERES

This is the opportunity for the specialized voice or data partners to brand themselves as a Master i...
EDISON PERES

We're trying to use the carrot and not the stick.
EDISON PERES

We still get a revenue check from Roche.
EDISON LIU

I am thinking I got something good here.
EDISON CHEN

In the fourth week of filming my first Hollywood movie. I have returned to Tokyo. It is exciting thi...
EDISON CHEN

Singapore now has a pipeline that runs from the basic fundamental scientists all the way to the poin...
EDISON LIU

The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
THOMAS EDISON

We had trouble starting and finishing in that quarter.
JACK EDISON

We wanted to get the ball to Randy, but they shut it down. We needed to be more patient.
JACK EDISON

We didn't have the best composure tonight. We didn't have the best balance offensively.
JACK EDISON

We found out we can't just be dependent on one or two guys. We needed everyone to make a difference....
JACK EDISON

The fact they practice very well has had a very positive effective. They say the way you practice is...
JACK EDISON

When Thomas Edison’s factory burned to the ground in 1914, destroying one-of-a-kind prototypes and...
THOMAS EDISON

We looked at 20 leading online retailers from multiple categories. We tracked consumers as they navi...
LIZ EDISON

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

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his...
THOMAS A. EDISON

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

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
THOMAS A. EDISON

Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then g...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

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

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
THOMAS A. EDISON

Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and ...
THOMAS ALVA 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

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

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls succes...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one m...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and the...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

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

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

What you are will show in what you do.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stron...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

What man's mind can create, man's character can control.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Great ideas originate in the muscles.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I have not failed. I
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of pers...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

We don't know one-millionth of one percent about anything.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Hell, there are no rules here, we are trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

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

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep t...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I start where the last man left off.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

There's a way to do better... find it.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that e...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is succe...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one pro...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly s...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one p...
THOMAS A. EDISON

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Restlessness and discontent are the necessities of progress.
THOMAS A. EDISON

Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides a...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

The best thinking has been done in solitude.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

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

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

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

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

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

I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make money ...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Someday man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release ...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention t...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best. Life's most soothing things are sweet music and a...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident and none of my inventions came about totally b...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS A. EDISON

...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

Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Hell, there are no rules here--we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and s...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

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

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

There is no substitute for hard work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and C...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual ac...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

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

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Hell, there are no rules here,we are trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

The first step is an intuition and it comes with a burst, then difficulties arise - this thing gives...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of thinking.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

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

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

I never did anything worth doing by accident; nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they ca...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON

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

I have never failed, I've only shown the way I did it before doesn't work.
THOMAS A. EDISON

It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the issues, even before the welfare of the commonwealth.

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It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the issues, even before the welfare of the commonwealth.

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