From: Will Ford

From: Will Ford To: undisclosed-recipients:; Bee: Subject: Feb 20th tidbits & quotes Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:48:16 +0000 "If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." - Thomas Edison "We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how." - Langston Hughes "I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom." - Thomas Edison Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali. "Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits." - Thomas Edison "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas Edison "Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have." - Thomas Edison "His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine." - Thomas Edison "If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety percent of his labor." - Nikola Testa, quoted in The New York Times (19 October 1931) EFTA00395286