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Thomas Edison é uma escultura em bronze que retrata o inventor e empresário americano de mesmo nome feita por Alan Cottrill, instalada no National Statuary Hall do Capitólio dos Estados Unidos, em Washington, D.C., como parte da Coleção National Statuary Hall. A estátua foi doada pelo estado americano de Ohio em 2016 e substituiu uma que retratava William Allen, a qual havia sido doada em 1887.
“To Monsieur Eiffel the Engineer, the brave builder of so gigantic and original a specimen of modern Engineering from one who has the greatest respect and admiration for all Engineers including the Great Engineer the Bon Dieu.”
“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
“We really haven't got any great amount of data on the subject, and without data how can we reach any definite conclusions? All we have — everything — favors the idea of what religionists call the "Hereafter." Science, if it ever learns the facts, probably will find another more definitely descriptive term.”
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”
“I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours — and thrived on it.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
