Quotes of Charles Kettering - somelinesforyou

“ The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ One fails forward toward success. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ 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. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn’t take his education too seriously. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ One fails forward toward success. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ A problem well stated is a problem half solved. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ When I was research head of General Motors and wanted a problem solved, I'd place a table outside the meeting room with a sign: LEAVE SLIDE RULES HERE! If I didn't do that, I'd find some engineer reaching for his slide rule. Then he'd be on his feet saying, Boss you can't do that. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ 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. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. ”

- Charles Kettering

“ It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again. ”

- Charles Kettering
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