16 Quotes by Charles Proteus Steinmetz

There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.

Mathematics is the most exact science, and its conclusions are capable of absolute proof. But this is so only because mathematics does not attempt to draw absolute conclusions. All mathematical truths are relative, conditional.

Money is a stupid measure of achievement, but unfortunately it is the only universal measure we have.

No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.

The scientist knows that the ultimate of everything is unknowable. No matter What subject you take, the current theory of it if carried to the ultimate becomes ridiculous. Time and space are excellent examples of this.

Electricity is doing for the distribution of energy what the railroads have done for the distribution of materials.

Mathematics is the most exact science, and its conclusions are capable of absolute proof. But this is so only because mathematics does not attempt to draw absolute conclusions. All mathematical truths are relative, conditional. In E. T. Bell Men of Mathematics, New York: Simona and Schuster, 1937.

Marking dynamos for repair $10,000.00-2 hours labor $10.00; knowing where to mark $9,990.00.

No evidence or proof of the existence of a God has been found in the phenomena of nature, based on experience.