"I have friends in the other world. I have had very pleasant conversations with them. I am rather unorthodox in this matter. I believe that they are still alive and that we can communicate with them."

"I have friends in the electrical industry who would be very happy to see me dead."

"I make more mistakes than anyone I know, and sooner or later, I patent them all."

"I can hire half of the people in the country to do the thinking for me, but I can't hire people to be enthusiastic."

"My principal business is to be a failure. I fail in a great many things. Every time I fail, I learn something. That is the way I succeed."