Charles Kettering

In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow.

We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.

You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.

Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there.