Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Thomas A. Edison Quotes: Fooling around with alternating currents is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever. It's too dangerous . . . it could kill a man as quick as a bolt of lightning. Direct current is safe.
         

Fooling around with alternating currents is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever. It's too dangerous . . . it could kill a man as quick as a bolt of lightning. Direct current is safe.


Thomas A. Edison
Check all other quotes by Thomas A. Edison

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Thomas A. Edison Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Mon. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Fooling-around-with-alternating-currents-is-just-1103659>.





Check out


Other quotes of Thomas A. Edison


I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work.



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

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



Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.



Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.



I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.



Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don’t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can’t Decide My Future

Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don’t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can’t Decide My Future



Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination

Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination



The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.



The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.

The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.



Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.

Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.





Other quotes you may like


I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.




In life there are many thing's you may not like or want but is necessary for stability and sustainability for life and its environment. GOOD -> BAD, BAD -> GOOD => GOOD = BAD.

In life there are many thing's you may not like or want but is necessary for stability and sustainability for life and its environment. GOOD -> BAD, BAD -> GOOD => GOOD = BAD.



I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I'm very happy with what I'm doing right now.

I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I'm very happy with what I'm doing right now.



With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine.

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine.



America was founded on the backs of slaves.

America was founded on the backs of slaves.



Three quarters of producers don't even know who I am. The other quarter think I am dead.

Three quarters of producers don't even know who I am. The other quarter think I am dead.



I've never suffered from writer's block. I have plenty of ideas, sometimes too many. I've always had a strong imagination. If it dries up I'll stop and look for another career.

I've never suffered from writer's block. I have plenty of ideas, sometimes too many. I've always had a strong imagination. If it dries up I'll stop and look for another career.



The moral is to make all one can out of life and live up to one's fingers' ends.

The moral is to make all one can out of life and live up to one's fingers' ends.



Well, I don't call you an atheist then. I think if you believe in the awe and the wonder and the mystery, then that is what God is. That is what God is, not the bearded guy in the sky.

Well, I don't call you an atheist then. I think if you believe in the awe and the wonder and the mystery, then that is what God is. That is what God is, not the bearded guy in the sky.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Fooling around with alternating currents is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever. It's too dangerous . . . it could kill a man as quick as a bolt of lightning. Direct current is safe.". Author of this quote is Thomas A. Edison. This quote is about direct, time, dream, men, use, waste, fooling around, safe, dangerous,.