Nikola Tesla
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10 quotes we’ve traced to Nikola Tesla
“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born”
Verified“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success...Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything”
Verified“Make war a mere contest of machines without men and without loss of life”
Verified“The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine”
Verified“The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way”
Verified“Marconi is a good fellow. Let him continue. He is using seventeen of my patents”
Attributed“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe”
Disputed“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration”
Disputed“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence”
Disputed“You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension”
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Often misattributed to Nikola Tesla
Famous lines widely pinned on Nikola Tesla that we’ve traced to someone else.
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe”
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“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration”
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“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence”
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“You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension”
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