The best Quotes by Thomas Edison

last words - October 18th 1931

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Quotes about Thomas Edison

Rosalie Octavius: "You need to sleep soundly tonight."
Dr. Otto Octavius: "Did Edison sleep before he turned on the light bulb? Did Marconi sleep before he turned on the radio? Did Beethoven sleep before he wrote the fifth?"
Peter Parker: "Did Bernoulli sleep before he found the curves of quickest descent?"
Dr. Otto Octavius: "Ahhh, Rosie, I love this boy."

Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man - 2

Ludwig van Beethoven

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This is why you never go to New Jersey!

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New Jersey

The results of a new study are out this week saying that New Jersey is one of the most livable states in the country. The study has a margin of error of 100 percent.

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New Jersey

Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, we gotta go to Jersey.

Hulk in What If…? - Season 1 Episode 4

New Jersey

I feel like if you're in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan.

Kevin Smith

New Jersey

The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.

Harlan Coben

New Jersey

Biden has won so many times in Michigan now.
He's legally required to change his name to Ohio State.

Ohio Michigan

There's nothing wrong with Ohio
Except the snow and the rain

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Ohio

East Coast style + Midwest charm = Ohio girl

Ohio

Coming from southeast Ohio it's a very impoverished area and the poverty rate is almost two times the national average.

Joe Burrow - December 2019

Ohio

Ohio girls - the kind of girl you can take home to meet your mom, but can outdrink your dad.

Ohio

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.

Grandmother Willow in Pocahontas

Work Motivation

Making money isn't hard in itself. What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón in The Shadow of the Wind

Money Work

If A is success in life, then A=x+y+z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein

Work Success

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.

Conan O'Brien

Work Kindness

Love should never be a secret. If you keep something as complicated as love stored up inside, it could make you sick.

Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man - 2

Love

Parker... now I remember you. You're Dr. Connor's student. He tells me you're brilliant. He also tells me you're lazy.

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Before we start, has anybody lost a large roll of $20 bills in a rubber band? Because we found the rubber band.

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Then I shall endeavor to exceed your expectations. Let others settle for greatness, Max. I always strive to be superior.

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Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

Uncle Ben in Spider-Man

Power Responsibility Strength

When you look in her eyes and she's looking back in yours, everything feels not quite normal, because you feel stronger and weaker at the same time. You feel excited and at the same time, terrified. The truth is, you don't know what you feel except you know what kind of man you want to be. It's as if you've reached the unreachable and you weren't ready for it.

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Love declerations

It is our choices that makes us who we are, and we always have a choice to do what's right.

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Decisions Morality

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Music

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Beethoven an Emilie M. in Hamburg, Töplitz, 17. Juli 1812

Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss

Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Life Chances & Opportunities

Alcohol is for people who can afford to lose a few brain-cells.

Charlie Harper in Two and a half Men - Season 6 Episode 3

Alcohol Brain

But there are mistakes that are necessary. Sometimes you have to die a little bit to get back to live a little longer.

Benedict Wells

Failures & Mistakes Breakup Beginning

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

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Success

Money can't buy life.

Bob Marley - last words - May 11th 1981

Last Words

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

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Character Self-Confidence

And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up!

Alfred in Batman - Begins

Giving Up Beginning

In the beginning of a jorney, no one knows what to expect. They might have a vague idea the road ahead could be rough. That's what makes new beginnings so exciting. You don't know what will happen until it's over.

Sam Gardner in Atypical - Season 4

Beginning

Black Widow: "I don't know, the truth is a matter of circumstances. It's not all things to all people all the time, and neither am I."
Captain America: "That's a tough way to live."
Black Widow: "It's a good way not to die though."

Black Widow in Captain America - The Winter Soldier

Truth

I don't know anything about norse gods, but I do know how to bring the thunder.

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Dr. Strange: "That doesn’t make any sense."
The Ancient One: "Not everything does. Not everything has to. "

Ancient One in Doctor Strange

Meaning

News Broadcast: "Police confirmed that the teen heroes apprehended the masked criminal known as the Shocker, before recovering over two million dollars in cash."
Spider-Man: "Making the Shocker look like an idiot. Which - granted - isn't tough, but it is always entertaining."

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You know, you should always be polite to your neighbors. You never know when you might need to borrow some sugar.

Talos in Captain Marvel

Neighbors

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

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