“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas Edison
“X-rays ... I am afraid of them. I stopped experimenting with them two years ago, when I came near to losing my eyesight and Dally, my assistant practically lost the use of both of his arms.” Thomas Edison
“My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a soul; but I simply do not believe it. What a soul may be is beyond my understanding.” Thomas Edison
“Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.” Thomas Edison
“So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake … Religion is all bunk.” Thomas Edison
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Thomas Edison
“If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” Thomas Edison
“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.” 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
“I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God.” Thomas Edison
“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.” Thomas Edison
“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” Thomas Edison
“I am much less interested in what is called God's word than in God's deeds. All bibles are man-made.” Thomas Edison
“To my simple mind it is not obvious that a successful electrician is an authority on the immortal soul, any more than that a successful military strategist has an ear for music, or an admirable French cook a grasp of the higher mathematics.” Thomas Edison
“Our most important aim is to develop definite personalities in our cartoon characters. We don't want them to be just shadows, for merely as moving figures they provoke no emotional response from the public. We invest them with life a caricature of life.” Walt Disney
“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me...''' You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” Walt Disney
“A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.” Walt Disney
“Girls bored me — they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known.” Walt Disney
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and at the bottom of the Spanish Main... and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.” Walt Disney
“I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible, because dreams offer too little collateral.” Walt Disney
“All right. I'm corny. But I think there's just about a-hundred-and-forty-million people in this country that are just as corny as I am.” Walt Disney
“All you've got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you'll find people who are eager to fill your head with information.” Walt Disney
“We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. … All we are trying to do is give the public good entertainment. That is all they want.” Walt Disney
“I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with "expressing" myself with obscure creative impressions.” Walt Disney
“When I started on Disneyland, my wife used to say, "But why do you want to build an amusement park? They're so dirty." '''I told her that was just the point — mine wouldn't be.” Walt Disney
“Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.” Walt Disney
“Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Walt Disney
“Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.” Walt Disney