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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.

~Charles Kettering

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People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.

~Charles Kettering

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Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

~Charles Kettering

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

~Charles Kettering

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A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.

~Charles Kettering

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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 Kettering

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Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.

~Charles Kettering

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An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.

~Charles Kettering

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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

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

~Charles Kettering

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Inventor

Born: August 29th, 1876

Died: November 25th, 1958

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