Famous quotes by Inventors

Small: My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price fo
"My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price"
Samuel Morse, Inventor
Small: Today we have 1 billion users on the Net. By 2010 we will have maybe 2 billion
"Today we have 1 billion users on the Net. By 2010 we will have maybe 2 billion"
Vinton Cerf, Inventor
Small: Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind
"Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind"
Isaac Pitman, Inventor
Small: A nations ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability
"A nation's ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability"
Frank Whittle, Inventor
Small: If you build up the soil with organic material, the plants will do just fine
"If you build up the soil with organic material, the plants will do just fine"
John Harrison, Inventor
Small: The prejudice was so bad in the United States at that time that a dark person with a white person would not be
"The prejudice was so bad in the United States at that time that a dark person with a white person would not be served in a restaurant. My father, mother, and I would try it occasionally. We would sit there, and the food would never come"
Amar Bose, Inventor
Small: Todays scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equ
"Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality"
Nikola Tesla, Inventor
Small: Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax
Charles F. Kettering
"Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a fro
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, Inventor
Small: The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility
Charles F. Kettering
"The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress
Charles F. Kettering
"The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten t
Charles F. 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 F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: The only time you mustnt fail is the last time you try
Charles F. Kettering
"The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution
Charles F. Kettering
"The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to
Charles F. Kettering
"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 F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people
Charles F. Kettering
"People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: People are very open-minded about new things - as long as theyre exactly like the old ones
Charles F. Kettering
"People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future
Charles F. Kettering
"Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: One fails forward toward success
Charles F. Kettering
"One fails forward toward success"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm
Charles F. Kettering
"No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there
Charles F. Kettering
"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done.
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"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it.
Charles F. 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 F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world
Charles F. Kettering
"It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: It doesnt matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to t
Charles F. Kettering
"It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need
Charles F. Kettering
"Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: In America we can say what we think, and even if we cant think, we can say it anyhow
Charles F. Kettering
"In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
Small: If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it
Charles F. Kettering
"If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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