Charles Kettering Quotes


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 Between 143
The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. Charles Kettering Change 120
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future. Charles Kettering Imagination 111
A problem well stated is a problem half-solved. Charles Kettering Problem 107
There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier. Charles Kettering Exist 95
No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm. Charles Kettering Crossed 92
Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need. Charles Kettering Brains 90
The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work. Charles Kettering Work 90
If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it. Charles Kettering Committee 89
The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility. Charles Kettering Brothers 89
The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer. Charles Kettering Imagination 85
It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. Charles Kettering Failure 83
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. Charles Kettering Anyone 81
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress. Charles Kettering Calendar 79
A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere. Charles Kettering Intelligence 64
You can be sincere and still be stupid. Charles Kettering Sincere 64
One fails forward toward success. Charles Kettering Success 60
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously. Charles Kettering Education 54
People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people. Charles Kettering Science 51
My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid. Charles Kettering Time 45
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. Charles Kettering business 32

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