Life would certainly be a drearier place if it were not for inventor Thomas Edison who brought us both the light bulb and the earliest incarnation of the technology behind movies and film.

Many of his quotations have to do with inspiration and perseverance and today’s sprinkle of wisdom is no different.

El genio es un uno por ciento de inspiración y un noventa y nueve por ciento de sudar.

Many of Edison’s quotations are prime fodder for the motivational market including for example:

If we attempted all the things of which we are capable, we would literally astound ourselves

And…

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

All very rah-rah, nose to the grindstone stuff but there is another of his quotes that seems very odd today…

Direct thought is not an attribute of femininity. In this woman is now centuries behind man.

Thanks a bunch for the lightbulbs you sexist old bugger!