Nikola Tesla

"What has been the result? Telegraphic communication across the world."

"The human being is a machine which converts food into useful work."

"The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent qualities, depends on the attitude of the contemporaries."

"I am convinced that the present civilization will inevitably destroy itself or transmute itself into something wholly novel."

"Where the present civilization stands, I am convinced that it is upon a false foundation."

"I have harnessed the cosmic rays and caused them to operate a motive device."

"The pursuit of knowledge should be the primary goal of human endeavor."

"Modern science says: the sun is the past, the earth is the present, the moon is the future."

"Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of outside objects that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on in themselves."

"He's the true delight, whose unwearied arm bends toward us the cornucopia of nature."

"The spread of civilization may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark next, a flickering flame; then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power."

"To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions."

"Aeronautics was freeing the student from the earth."

"The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind."

"As I review the events of my past, I realize that they have been dominated by a single idea."

"This work may be prosecuted with greater vigor and greater satisfaction when people are convinced of the truth of a fundamental proposition."

"The scientific man is the only one who is not a fraud."

"What has been the result? The transmission of wireless signals across the Atlantic."

"I am equally proud of my record as a sportsman."

"The best compliment for a progressive community is that it shows the greatest number of inventors."

"To find out about the plants, I had to study them."

"The same principles cannot be applied to all men."

"Most certainly, some planets are inhabited."

"The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire."

"I am proud of the fact that I have not wasted my days in futility."

"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter."

"The moment one begins to understand the importance of nutrition, one begins to understand the importance of health."

"I have dedicated my whole life to the study of the forces of nature."

"All peoples everywhere should have freedom of thought and expression."

"My heart still beats, when I think of the marvelous experiments I have planned."