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Henry Petroski Quotes

We can't simply blame the engineers when things go wrong because, no matter how well they plan, things don't always go according to plan.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Blame Plan Wrong Engineers Go Well

I am a very honest person, and I can only say there are moments in my life where I really did think I was being me in the sense of my morals and beliefs and the way I acted. But when I look back at certain things that I wore and my hair and make-up, I was like, 'Whoa! That wasn't me!' But I didn't know it back then.

Life I Am Me Hair Think My Life

The life of an entrepreneur is the life of a human. Some days are amazing. Some days are a struggle. A lot are in between. It's the same for all of us.

Life Struggle Amazing Entrepreneur

Everything I want, I do it like it's the last thing.

Trevante Rhodes

Want Everything Last Like Thing

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

Science Equality Facts Enjoy Matter

Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom.

Freedom Best Money Things Many Buys

I like it when I can sing half of a verse and throw the mike in some kid's face, and they sing it right back to me.

Me Face Back I Can Right Kid

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Disaster Europe Would Internal

I honestly think that it automatically hurts me if I said that I supported the war in Iraq and I support the troops. That automatically kills me for getting a bunch of movies, a bunch of TV shows. People don't want to hear from me.

War Support People Me Think Movies

Had I not become entangled with music, I would have become an author much earlier.

Music Become Would Much Had Earlier

If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.

Good Character Start End You Will

I got to know every format of every station and who was on and what time.

Time Know Got Who Format Every

If you just, pretty much, take a random 15-month-old, just sit and watch them for 10 minutes and count out how many experiments, how much thinking you see going on, and it will put the most brilliant scientist to shame.

Random Thinking You Will Brilliant

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