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We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. — Thomas Edison · Smartyfair

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

Thomas Edison1847–1931 · inventor · 1800s-1900s USAThomas Edison was one of America's most famous inventors, best known for creating a working light bulb.6 quotes

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Nobody knows more than a tiny sliver about anything.

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How sure this is: 55% sureLots of sources credit Thomas Edison with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
What turned up: Wikiquote-sourced to Golden Book magazine (April 1931), via Stevenson's Book of Quotations (1938); the original 1931 issue was not independently verified, held at likely.
Work: Golden Book magazine
Occasion: 1931
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026Wikiquote Sourced section, citing Golden Book (April 1931) per Stevenson's Book of Quotations (1938).

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