#electric

When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent. ↗

— George Carlin

#edison #electric #electric light #gas #had

My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#dying #electric #his #lap #me

Iron which is brought near a spiral of copper wire, traversed by an electrical current, becomes magnetic, and then attracts other pieces of iron, or a suitably placed steel magnet. ↗

— Hermann von Helmholtz

#becomes #brought #copper #current #electrical

There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the television set. ↗

— Harriet Van Horne

#appliance #cleaner #days #electrical #entertainment

I just prefer wood. I like the smell. To me, it's a lot cheaper than electric or gas, and it's more convenient. It's just a better heat to me. ↗

— Junior Johnson

#cheaper #convenient #electric #gas #heat

There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of new heroism. The pity is that we must wonder at it, as we should at finding a pearl in rubbish. ↗

— John Keats

#birth #continually #creatures #electric #finding

During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes. ↗

— Walter Kohn

#company #developed #during #electrical #i

I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, which I turned out to be. But I was always curious about other things too, and what if I got interested in history or the law? ↗

— Jerry Yang

#always #curious #electrical #engineer #got

I agree completely with my son James when he says 'Internet is like electricity. The latter lights up everything, while the former lights up knowledge'. ↗

— Kerry Packer

#completely #electricity #everything #former #i

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#ages #america #brought #civilization #columbus