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var Quotation=new Array()
Quotation[0] = "All repeated acts or operations I performed had to be divisible by three and if I missed I felt impelled to do it all over again, even if it took hours.";
Quotation[1] = "No subject to which I have ever devoted myself has called for such concentration of mind, and strained to so dangerous a degree the finest fibres of my brain, as the systems of which the Magnifying transmitter is the foundation.";
Quotation[2] = "If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.";
Quotation[3] = "When I get an idea, I start at once building it up in my imagination. I change the construction, make improvements and operate the device in my mind. It is absolutely immaterial to me whether I run my turbine in thought or test it in my shop. I even note if it is out of balance.";
Quotation[4] = "In 1899, when I was past forty and carrying on my experiments in Colorado, I could hear very distinctly thunderclaps at a distance of 550 miles.";
Quotation[5] = "In the dark I had the sense of a bat, and could detect the presence of an object at a distance of twelve feet by a peculiar creepy sensation on the forehead.";
Quotation[6] = "When I understood the task, it was not with a resolve such as men often make. With me it was a sacred vow, a question of life and death. I knew that I would perish if I failed.";
Quotation[7] = "In my boyhood I suffered from a peculiar affliction due to the appearance of images, often accompanied by strong flashes of light, which marred the sight of real objects and interfered with my thoughts and action.";
Quotation[8] = "I observed to my delight that I could visualize with the greatest facility. I needed no models, drawings or experiments. I could picture them all as real in my mind.";
Quotation[9] = "I have been years planning self-controlled automata and believe that mechanisms can be produced which will act as if possessed of reason, to a limited degree, and will create a revolution in many commercial and industrial departments.";
Quotation[10] = "I would not touch the hair of other people except, perhaps at the point of a revolver. I would get a fever by looking at a peach and if a piece of camphor was anywhere in the house it caused me the keenest discomfort.";
Quotation[11] = "When I drop little squares of paper in a dish filled with liquid, I always sense a peculiar and awful taste in my mouth.";
Quotation[12] = "I counted the steps in my walks and calculated the cubical contents of soup plates, coffee cups and pieces of food, otherwise my meal was unenjoyable.";
Quotation[13] = "Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.";
Quotation[14] = "Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves.";
Quotation[15] = "Friends of mine often remark that my suits fit me like gloves but they do not know that all my clothing is made to measurements which were taken nearly fifteen years ago and never changed. During this same period my weight has not varied one pound.";
Quotation[16] = "Three times in my youth I was rendered by illness a hopeless physical wreck and given up by physicians.";
Quotation[17] = "I was almost drowned, entombed, lost and frozen. I had hairbreadth escapes from mad dogs, hogs, and other wild animals. I passed through dreadful diseases and met with all kinds of odd mishaps and that I am whole and hearty today seems like a miracle.";
Quotation[18] = "An inventor's endeavor is essentially life saving. Whether he harnesses forces, improves devices, or provides new comforts and conveniences, he is adding to the safety of our existence.";
Quotation[19] = "I undertook to take apart and assemble the clocks of my grandfather. In the former operation I was always successful, but often failed in the latter.";
Quotation[20] = "I had a veritable mania for finishing whatever I began, which often got me into difficulties. On one occasion I started to read the works of Voltaire... I learned, to my dismay that there were close to one hundred large volumes in small print... It had to be done.";
Quotation[21] = "I could walk on the sand (ordinarily considered a very good insulator) several hundred feet from my large high frequency oscillator, and sparks jumped from my shoes!";
Quotation[22] = "At several hundred feet from my large high frequency oscillator, banks of lamps, connected to a few turns of wire arranged in a coil on the ground, were lighted to full brilliancy.";
Quotation[23] = "Eager reformers should also be mindful of the eternal perversity of mankind which makes the indifferent laissez-faire by far preferable to enforced restraint.";
Quotation[24] = "Universal evidence unmistakably shows that the best results are always obtained in healthful commercial competition.";
var Q = Quotation.length;
var whichQuotation=Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1));
function showQuotation(){document.write("\""+Quotation[whichQuotation]+"\"");}
showQuotation();