A Quote by Thomas A. Edison

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Thomas A. Edison

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Business Accomplish Hell No Rules Rules Something Trying

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Thomas A. Edison
American - Inventor
February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931

There ain't no rules here, we're trying to accomplish something...All this talk about rules...When the deal goes down...we make 'em up as we go along.

Alcee Hastings

Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.

Thomas A. Edison

Hell! there ain't no rules around here! We are tryin' to accomplish somep'n!

Albert Einstein

I left the city to accomplish something. And by leaving the city and trying to accomplish something, I've been a terrible cousin, brother, son some days.

BJ the Chicago Kid

Stress comes from trying to achieve, trying to do something, trying to keep up with the events of the world, the speed of the world, and trying to accomplish, to produce results.

Drunvalo Melchizedek

So let me tell you, as you prepare to go off into the world, remember six rules: Trust yourself, Break some rules, Don't be afraid to fail, Ignore the naysayers, Work like hell, and Give something back.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

You can't make rules regarding the moral behavior of something unless you know what the hell it is, and what it's capacities are. What it can do, what it can't do.

Jerry Garcia

I think a lot of times there is a tendency in Washington to make rules because of something that was adverse or fraud or something like that. And we make a lot of rules and end up hurting a lot of innocent people that are trying to start up their companies.

Brad Wenstrup

If you have a vision and you are trying to accomplish something, you have to be competitive, or things are going to slip by you.

Peter M. Brant

According to the bible, Heaven is completely perfect and Hell is completely evil. In Heaven, in order to keep everything completely perfect, everyone in it would have to follow a long, specific set of rules for it to be perfect. Heaven is prison. In Hell, everyone is already evil there, so no rules need to be set to make it completely evil. Hell is freedom.

William Carroll

Who the hell uses a burner cell phone when they're not trying to hide something? [..] Only dope dealers, and Hell's Angels, and Tony Soprano use burner cell phones.

Pat Martin

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

Lee Iacocca

It's definitely hard being taken from your dream, especially when you're trying to accomplish something.

Naomi

When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.

Zach Johnson

Teaching is a distraction and a burden, but it's also an incredible stimulus. And a reprieve, in a way. When you're trying to work on something and it's not going anywhere, you can go to school and there's a two-and-a-half-hour block of time in which you can accomplish something.