Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World

“I'm 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start. I've been through a lot of things like this. It prevents a man from being inflicted with ennui.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“All you got to do is stick to it and work like hell.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“I've been in the inventor business for 33 years and my experience is that for every problem the Lord has made, He has also made a solution. If you and I can't find the solution, the let's honestly admit that you and I are damn fools but why blame it on the Lord and say He created something 'impossib…”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“Try everything. We've had a fine rest, now let's pitch into work again.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“Hell, there ain't no rules around here! We're trying to accomplish something.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“The joy of a new battle to wrest from nature more of her secrets.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“I have never felt better in my life than during the 5 years I worked here. Hard work, nothing to divert my thoughts, clear air, simple food made life very pleasant.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“It takes a deaf man to hear.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to the examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.”

— Nikola Tesla, amazon.com

“Remember, nothing that's good works by itself just to please you. You've got to make the damn thing work.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“The trouble with other inventors is that they try a few things and quit. I never quit until I get what I want.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“I would construct a theory and work on its lines until I found it untenable, then it would be discarded and another theory evolved. This was the only possible way for me to work out the problem.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“I have the right principle and am on the right track, but time, hard work, and some good luck are necessary too.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“The trouble with telegraphic appliances is they can only be gotten out in the same way as the Irish pilot found the rocks in the harbor–with the bottom of his boat.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“I have got so much to do and life is so short, I am going to hustle.”

— Thomas Edison, amazon.com

“[Thomas Edison] would become very familiar with experimental failures, but as milestones along the road to successful inventions”

— Nigel Cawthorne, amazon.com