Charles Kettering Quotes

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.

Charles Kettering

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: inventor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 29, 1876 - November 25, 1958

Topics

PracticeShotsSimplyHeOnceHis

Many U.S. investors are already investing overseas rather than at home.

Robert Kiyosaki

HomeInvestingRatherThanMany

My cultural roots are something illusive.

Ang Lee

RootsSomethingCultural

I've never heard anybody in my family say anything but good things about Rick Perry.

Jeb Bush

FamilyGoodGood ThingsSayNever

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.

Steve Yzerman

I AmYouSayWayAnythingWell

I suppose I'm really interested in theatre that provides an intensity of experience on another level.

Simon McBurney

ExperienceTheatreLevelInterested

All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals.

Ron Paul

SomeoneGroupRightsIndividualEven

People seldom think of soup for summer, so they are unusual - an interesting, unusual touch for the first course or for dessert. I find cold soups very refreshing. I serve them in cups rather than in bowls, usually, and let people sip them. You don't really need a spoon for soups that are all one consistency.

Ruth Glick

PeopleConsistencySoupColdThink

A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

Michael Kinsley

TruthPoliticianTells

No one can reap the fruit before planting the trees.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

FruitTreesReapPlantingBefore

If we continue to cut something with each resolution, I would say we're making steady progress and sending a strong conservative message.

Chuck Fleischmann

ProgressStrongResolutionSayCut

We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.

Bob Inglis

EducationTryingMoreExpensiveMake

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself.

Alison Bechdel

WorkMyselfSpiritHardJustSort

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