Henry Petroski Quotes

Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection.

Henry Petroski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 6, 1942

Topics

AchievementPerfectionImperfection

Some people don't like me at all. But... whatever. It comes with the territory.

Joe Bonamassa

PeopleMeSome PeopleWhateverLike

I like the superhero comic books, and I like to see what the actors do creatively with the characters and how they bring these superheroes to life in the movies.

Max Charles

LifeMoviesSeeSuperheroBringHow

The only actual solution is the eventual collapse and demise of civilization... I think it needs to happen, but no one, not even me, really wants it to happen.

Andy Hurley

MeThinkSolutionCivilizationOnly

My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

GoodChildhoodHappyParentsMe

I've seen every Ryan Reynolds movie. I'm a fan.

Rob Liefeld

SeenFanMovieEveryRyan

Children's literature - the product of adult guesswork - often fails to account for its audience's slippery grasp on the world.

Rumaan Alam

ChildrenWorldLiteratureProduct

I got picked on a lot as a kid.

Michael K. Williams

KidGotLotPicked

I am a strong supporter of President Obama and was the first national Hispanic elected official to endorse him, and I want him to be reelected in 2012.

Luis Gutierrez

I AmStrongWantPresidentFirst

I feel I'm my own quarterback and have accomplished my own things.

Jordan Rodgers

FeelMy OwnOwnThingsQuarterback

It's indifference and ignorance that stops people from doing the right thing.

Diego Luna

IgnorancePeopleDoing The Right Thing

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

Colin Powell

ChallengeAfraidOwnBackyardEven

We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody.

Colin Greenwood

RepetitionCreateTopOverHead

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