The Last Days of Night

by Graham Moore

I have not failed. I’ve just found ten thousand ways that don’t work. —THOMAS EDISON

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. —THOMAS EDISON

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with. A man is what he makes of himself. —ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless. —THOMAS EDISON

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open. —ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

I believe it is worthwhile trying to discover more about the world, even if this only teaches us how little we know. It might do us good to remember from time to time that, while differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal. —KARL POPPER

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it. —NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON

“The moment you stop bargaining is the last in which you’re ever given a thing.”

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this—you haven’t. —THOMAS EDISON