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Henry Petroski Quotes

Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Failure Knowledge Best Frustration

When the blood of thousands of Americans is shed, the impact lingers. For a generation after the Civil War, the Republican injunction to 'vote as you shot' kept the party dominant for decades; from 1868 to 1912, only one Democrat - Grover Cleveland - won the White House.

Jeff Greenfield

War Impact Generation You House

Back in the early days of WWE, I remember doing 20 interviews every Tuesday, one right after the other on different topics.

Doing Remember Back Early Right WWE

One year they asked me to be poster boy - for birth control.

Rodney Dangerfield

Me Control Year Boy Birth Asked

I am the epitome of a citizen legislator.

I Am Citizen Epitome Am Legislator

The Washington Bullets are changing their name. They don't want their team to be associated with crime. From now on, they'll just be known as the Bullets.

Team Name Now Want Washington Crime

I spend my days in an office in my house. There are things to be done that I don't have the skill set for. I'm able to learn on the fly, thank God, so I can function. But it's difficult.

God Fly Thank God Learn House I Can

I worry Mr. Trump believes he's special just because he's Mr. Trump and that the rules don't apply to him and the people around him.

People Worry Rules Just Because Him

I am not as knowledgeable about the struggle for gay rights, for our history, the way some of my castmates or other gay men I know are.

Antoni Porowski

History Struggle Men I Am Gay Know

As perfume doth remain In the folds where it hath lain, So the thought of you, remaining Deeply folded in my brain, Will not leave me: all things leave me: You remain.

Me Brain Thought You Perfume Will

It's human nature to make the complex manageable and determine things that fit your conclusions. That's bias.

Nature Human Nature Bias Human Your

We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning.

Education Winning Public Education

The thing I like a lot about acting is I'll never learn enough. I'll never know it inside and out.

Learn Enough Acting Know Never Out

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