Edison's Mother

It's a shame that every time I see something inspirational I automatically think, "wow... This probably isn't true." Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand then it isn't true. I'd say about 98% of the time it's not true.

And some things that were

He patented fucking screws, and if you happened to use those kind of commonplace screws in your idea, he could steal it on the grounds that you had violated his patent. He was a fucking dick, and could be accurately described as the Steve Jobs of his day.

AGREED!