“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“We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.”
Charles Kettering“The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.”
Charles Kettering“An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.”
Charles Kettering“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“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“You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.”
Charles Kettering“Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress.”
Charles Kettering“A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.”
Charles Kettering