I thought that Helmholtz had done it... and that my failure was due only to my ignorance of electricity. It was a valuable blunder... If I had been able to read German in those days, I might never have commenced my experiments!

The photophone is the greatest invention I have ever made, greater than the telephone.

Mr. Watson, come here — I want to see you.

The inventor looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world.

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

-- Thomas Edison

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

-- Ernest Hemingway

One need not be afraid of anyone. If one fears someone, it is because one has given that person power over oneself.

-- Hermann Hesse

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

-- Rabindranath Tagore

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

-- Winston Churchill

When I served Xiang Yu, my rank never exceeded that of a palace guard, and my position was no more than a halberd-bearer. My words went unheeded, my plans unused -- and so I left Chu for Han.

-- Han Xin