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Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

Short Bio:

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on the third of March 1847.

He was an inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with inventing the first telephone.

More Notable Quotes:

"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
"The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.
"Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.
"You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them.
"The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.
"The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.
"A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
"Observe, Remember, Compare.
"What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.
"First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you."
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