Thomas Edison, dubbed the “Wizard of Menlo Park,” was one of the greatest inventors the world has known. His nearly 1,100 patents exceed that of any other inventor in American history, and his inventions were foundational across a bewildering array of domains, from electronics to medicine to chemical research.
I just hope that as I get older, I calm down and enjoy the moment, enjoy the great gifts that God has given me.
If we are to fulfill the promise of this great Nation that everybody in our society has equal access to the law, obviously having the resources to have access to the law is extremely important.
What is a shame is that there isn't stuff that is as great as 'Oz' on a consistent level around today.
Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.
Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed me with immortality! I have frequently wandered from that order and regularity necessary for the perfection of thy works, yet thou hast never left me nor forsaken me.
Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.
India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world.
I think I am very proud of being associated with quality things. So if I were massively famous for doing massively beloved things, yeah, that sounds great.
I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.
Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue.
In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.
I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.
Winning is great, but it's the long road to get there that makes it worthwhile.
Throughout his life, Ronald Reagan believed America is capable of great things and its people could and would lead the way if left unburdened by taxation and regulation.
She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that’s one of the reasons why they did.
For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.