Famous quotes by Inventors

Small: If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong
Charles F. Kettering
"If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress
Charles F. Kettering
"Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail
Charles F. Kettering
"Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: An inventor is simply a fellow who doesnt take his education too seriously
Charles F. Kettering
"An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, hes in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots
Charles F. Kettering
"An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: A problem well stated is a problem half-solved
Charles F. Kettering
"A problem well stated is a problem half-solved"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere
Charles F. Kettering
"A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because weve been igno
"Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you its going to be a butterfly
"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf
"If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of u
"If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: Im not a genius. Im just a tremendous bundle of experience
"I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: I look for what needs to be done. After all, thats how the universe designs itself
"I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what Ive invented
"I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons
"Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else
"How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: Here is Gods purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper
"Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had becom
"Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead
"Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper
"God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: God is a verb, not a noun
"God is a verb, not a noun"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking
"Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them
"Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: Either war is obsolete, or men are
"Either war is obsolete, or men are"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: Dictators never invent their own opportunities
"Dictators never invent their own opportunities"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties
"By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: A proverb is much matter distilled into few words
"A proverb is much matter distilled into few words"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strate
"A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: You can never learn less, you can only learn more
"You can never learn less, you can only learn more"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not be
"When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor