Quotes by Charles F. Kettering

Charles F. Kettering

Charles F. Kettering

American inventor

Lived from: 1876 - 1958

Category: Scientists Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 29 august 1876 Died: 25 november 1958

  • In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow.
  • We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.
  • If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.

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  • Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
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  • It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
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  • My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
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  • Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
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  • You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
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  • You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.
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  • A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.
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  • Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
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  • If a fellow wants to be a nobody in the business world, let him neglect sending the mail man to somebody on his behalf.
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  • If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.
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  • If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it.
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  • In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow.
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  • Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
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  • People are very open-minded about new things. As long as they are exactly like the old ones.
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  • Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.
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  • The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith and that we realize that peace, no less than war, required ''blood and sweat and tears.''
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  • The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer.
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  • The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.
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  • There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.
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  • There will always be a frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand.
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What are the most famous quotes from Charles F. Kettering?

The two most famous quotes from Charles F. Kettering are:

  • "Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail."
  • "It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions."

When did Charles F. Kettering live?

Charles F. Kettering was born in 1876 and died in the year 1958.