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Henry Petroski Quotes

Too much redesign has to do more with fad and fashion than with fitness and function. It is change for the sake of change. Such redesign is not only unnecessary, it is all too often also retrogressive, leading to things that work less effectively than those they were designed to replace.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Work Change Fitness Fashion Too Much

I like some of the young guys like Senator Thune. He's a guy that looks good. He's very articulate, he's very smart, and he truly is a public servant.

Good Smart Looks Young Servant Guy

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

Reward Virtue Act Every Ingredient

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.

Power Political More Political Power

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.

Animal Pigs Cattle Smallpox Disease

Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.

Time Night Moments Birth Outside

I don't mean it egotistically, but I've been given the chance to be in front of people and sing, and I feel that it's part of my job and my duty - especially where I'm from - to speak the language of the people I'm around and speak for them.

Job People Chance Speak Language

On 'Nip/Tuck,' I was a Nazi, so basically for, like, six months. I went into this place where I was wearing a lot of black. Everyone has a dark side, and I can channel that.

Black Dark I Can Place Dark Side

I never think about the budget of the film.

Think Budget Never Film About

Certainly, you envy the guys that have done all kinds of things, a variety of good scripts and good directors. Then again, having worked with Cassavetes has satisfied a big part of that.

Good You Envy Done Satisfied Big

If you want to avoid criticism, then you shouldn't be a historian, because historians are trying to understand and explain. If you're trying to please people, then you should go into the fashion business, or the candy business.

Timothy D. Snyder

Business People Fashion Criticism Go

I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.

Leonard Slatkin

Hands Want Sound Shape Sculptor Use

The message growth rate in Brazil - it's not like a hockey stick: it's like a vertical line.

Growth Hockey Line Brazil Stick

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