Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) was a celebrated American inventor, born at Milan, Ohio. He started life as a newsboy. He early displayed his genius and enterprise by producing the first newspaper printed in a railway train. Turning his attention to telegraphy, he revolutionised the whole system by a series of inventions, to which he has since added others, to the number of 500, the most notable being the megaphone, phonograph, kinetoscope, a carbon telegraph transmitter, and improvements in electric lighting.Wisdom & Quotes
- Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
- There is no substitute for hard work.
Ibrahim al-Yaziji