Charles F. Kettering Quotes

• In America we can say what we think, and even if we can’t think, we can say it anyhow.

  Charles F. Kettering

• I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there.

  Charles F. Kettering

• We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

  Charles F. Kettering

• I bought him an attractive bird cage made in Switzerland.

  Charles F. Kettering

• We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to live the rest of our lives there.

  Charles F. Kettering

• The only difference between intelligence and education is this: intelligence will make you a good living.

  Charles F. Kettering

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

  Charles F. Kettering

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

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• It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

  Charles F. Kettering

• Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier.

  Charles F. 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 F. Kettering

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

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• One fails forward toward success.

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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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  Topics in Future, Life

• 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.

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

  Charles F. Kettering

• 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.

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  Topics in Education

• Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.

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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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• A problem well stated is a problem half solved.

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Charles F. Kettering (43)

Birth:	29th August, 1876
Death:	25th November, 1958
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman, Electrical Engineer, Inventor

About

Charles Franklin Kettering was born in Loudonville, Ohio. He was an American businessman, Electrical Engineer and Inventor. He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947. Among his most widely used automotive developments were the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline. He led the advancement of practical, lightweight two-stroke diesel engines, revolutionizing the locomotive and heavy equipment industries. In 1927, he founded the Kettering Foundation, a non-partisan research foundation. He graduated from OSU in 1904 with an electrical engineering degree.

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