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Henry Petroski Quotes

An over-reliance on past successes is a sure blueprint for future failures.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Future Past Sure Blueprint Failures

Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually.

Heart Find Veterans Talk Hard Close

If I get the walk of a character, that helps me find them. So I'm constantly looking at airports and train stations, registering walks.

Character Walk Me Looking Find Get

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

Struggle End Defeat Reason Always

I would say that I have become more radical as I have gotten older. I started out very radical when I was young, like most people, but I became less actively politically engaged in the middle of my life.

Life People My Life Young Become

I have a natural resistance to being humiliated.

Resistance Natural Being Humiliated

I didn't go to church all the time, just 'cause I was an antsy kid.

Time Church Go Kid Just Cause

Someone who directs a film, they have to see the overall picture, and they have to get the best performances out of the actors.

Best Picture Someone See Out Film

Jesus claimed He had the power to raise himself from the dead and His followers would be raised from the dead. That's a unique claim in the literature of religion.

Power Religion Literature Unique He

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

Good World Good Example Phones Like

Wealth is a thing, earned with honesty and justice. Its opposite is the Mammon of unrighteousness.

Dayananda Saraswati

Honesty Justice Wealth Earned Thing

My grandmother is a huge Hawkeyes fan, so I, by proxy, have to be one. I'm more of a professional sports fan, and I've never been a huge college fan, but because of my grandmother, I've gotten into a lot of really good Hawkeye games. So, because I'm a good grandson, I'm a Hawkeye fan.

Good Sports College Professional

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

Wisdom Heart Mind Always Open Keep

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