Henry Petroski Quotes

Many of the familiar little things that we use every day have typically evolved over a period of time to a state of familiarity. They balance form and function, elegance and economy, success and failure in ways that are not only acceptable, but also admirable.

Henry Petroski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SuccessFailureTimeDayBalance

In 1861, Bachofen published his radical thesis that the Amazons were not a myth but a fact. In his view, humanity started out under the rule of womankind and only switched to patriarchy at the dawn of civilization.

Amanda Foreman

DawnViewHumanityCivilizationOut

Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.

Stephen Fry

SpeechPhilosophyYouKnowSometimes

What they smell isn't the emotion of fear. What dogs can smell is the changes in a person's skin that suggest fear to the dog, anxiety, the way your skin sweats, the amount of uric acid that suddenly pours out of your pores.

Robert Crais

DogFearAnxietyPersonSkinWay

Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew man's nature, and it is to their ideas, rather than to the temptations of utopia, that we must ask that our judges adhere.

Robert Bork

NatureManIdeasConstitutionJudges

Sin brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of sin.

Mary Baker Eddy

DeathSinWillDisappearBrought

There was a period where I stopped auditioning because I was like, 'I don't have the heart.' There's just so much rejection.

Molly Shannon

HeartRejectionWhereBecauseJust

My goal is, of course, for this show to do well, and I would love it if people liked it.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

LovePeopleGoalWellShowWould

Show me a person who doesn't like to laugh and I'll show you a person with a toe tag.

Julia Roberts

MeLaughYouPersonShowLike

Ten-year plan? No, three-year plan! I'm in a hurry.

Josh Schwartz

PlanHurryThree-Year

I want to make work that reflects different times and processes.

Cornelia Parker

WorkWantProcessesDifferentMake

Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own compositional practice, so I should be careful about generalizing lest they come back to haunt me.

Brian Ferneyhough

PracticeMeBackSayMy OwnMore

I wouldn't be without Google, and I love Facebook.

Aretha Franklin

LoveGoogleWithoutFacebookI Love

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