Alexander Graham Bell

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'' Mr. Watson, come here, I want you.''
-First words spoken into the telephone when Bell spilled battery acid and called for Mr. Watson in the other room

;About Responsibility

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with -- a man is what he makes of himself.

;About Success

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. 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.