Henry Petroski Quotes

I employ case studies of failure into my courses, emphasizing that they teach us much more than studies of success. It is not that success stories cannot serve as models of good design or as exemplars of creative engineering. They can do that, but they cannot teach us how close to failure they are.

Henry Petroski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SuccessFailureGoodCreativeDesign

I'm a lawyer. The right to life is important.

Jejomar Binay

LifeLawyerImportantRight

I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same story when you get to the heart of it. They are often cultural cautionary tales about how we should behave and how we should live.

Robert Jordan

LiveHeartCultureStoryYouOthers

Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.

Ambrose Bierce

DeathEndOverEstateLitigation

I love singing just for my own benefit.

Miranda Kerr

LoveSingingMy OwnOwnJustI Love

What I love about Encores! is that it's a tremendous amount of work in a short amount of time, but it's just so festive and so celebratory and fun. It harkens back to the old days of just getting together and putting on a show.

Miriam Shor

WorkLoveTimeTogetherFunShort

I can finish a show and walk through the audience without being recognized.

Lou Barlow

WalkI CanFinishAudienceWithout

Is not a woman's heart unfathomable?

Jules Verne

HeartWomanUnfathomable

One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of conscience.

Joseph Brodsky

HistoryResponsibilityConscienceOut

'21 Jump Street' is great. I just made that, and produced it and was a writer on it. It's starring myself and Channing Tatum, and maybe some surprise guests.

Jonah Hill

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I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.

Dominic West

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The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Dean Acheson

ImportantMoreMustThanThing

In 2010, I was an executive officer in the Navy, splitting my time between U.S. headquarters and being deployed to an international location.

Chris Fussell

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