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More Quotes by Alexander Graham Bell
First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you.
Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.
You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them.
The inventor is a man who looks around upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea. The spirit of invention possesses him, seeking materialization.
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.
Observe, Remember, Compare.
The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.
Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. One discovery will lead to another, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind, and really big discoveries are the result of thought.
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
