#pre

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#constitutes #continue #find #greatest #greatest pleasure

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#blunders #forward #i #notice #perhaps

There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag. ↗

— Adrian Edmondson

#beneath #childish #doubting #effectiveness #gag

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#i #laughing #might #more #occasion

I've never been able to predict the future of anything. ↗

— Bob Edwards

#anything #been #future #i #never

The president said that he would unite this country, that he was a uniter, not a divider. Have you ever seen America more divided? Have you ever seen Washington more divided? ↗

— John Edwards

#country #divided #ever #more #president

So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble. ↗

— John Entwistle

#already #bass #by the time #guitar #hands

With my music, I can express myself so much. A lot of the fans can sense that I'm relating to them something that's quite personal. ↗

— Enya

#fans #i #i can #lot #much

You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#cannot #comprehend #convey #experience #film

Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed. ↗

— Julius Erving

#anything #being #being depressed #bring #depressed