Frases de Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Data de nascimento: 3. Março 1847
Data de falecimento: 2. Agosto 1922
Alexander Graham Bell foi um cientista, inventor e fundador da companhia telefónica Bell.
Embora historicamente Bell tenha sido considerado como o inventor do telefone, o italiano Antonio Meucci foi reconhecido como o seu verdadeiro inventor, em 11 de junho de 2002, pelo Congresso dos Estados Unidos, através da resolução N°. 269. . Meucci vendeu o protótipo do aparelho a Bell nos anos 1870.
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Citações Alexander Graham Bell
„Não permaneça sempre na estrada principal, indo apenas onde os outros já foram, seguindo um atrás do outro como um rebanho de ovelhas. Ocasionalmente, deixe a trilha já traçada e mergulhe na floresta. Cada vez que você fizer isso, certamente encontrará algo que nunca viu antes. Pode ser uma coisa simples, mas não a ignore. Explore em sua volta; uma descoberta leva a outra e, antes que você perceba, terá algo com o qual vale a pena ocupar sua mente. Todas as grandes descobertas são frutos do pensamento.“
— Alexander Graham Bell
Artigo na National Geographic, 1914
„The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.“
— Alexander Graham Bell
Context: The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. That intellectuality is more vigorous that has attained its strength gradually. It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider — and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation — persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
„The inventor...looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea. The spirit of invention possesses him, seeking materialization.“
— Alexander Graham Bell
Context: The inventor... looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea. The spirit of invention possesses him, seeking materialization.
As appears on plaque in the entrance to the [http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/grahambell/index_e.asp Alexander Graham Bell Museum] in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada.
„I had made up my mind to find that for which I was searching even if it required the remainder of my life.“
— Alexander Graham Bell
Context: I had made up my mind to find that for which I was searching even if it required the remainder of my life. After innumerable failures I finally uncovered the principle for which I was searching, and I was astounded at its simplicity. I was still more astounded to discover the principle I had revealed not only beneficial in the construction of a mechanical hearing aid but it served as well as means of sending the sound of the voice over a wire. Another discovery which came out of my investigation was the fact that when a man gives his order to produce a definite result and stands by that order it seems to have the effect of giving him what might be termed a second sight which enables him to see right through ordinary problems. What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
As quoted in Making a Habit of Success: How to Make a Habit of Succeeding, How to Win With High Self-Esteem (1999) by MacK R. Douglas, p. 45. Unsourced variant: What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists... and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know exactly what you want...and are fully determined not to quit until you get it.
