7 Quotes by Charles Kettering about science

  • Author Charles Kettering
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    People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.

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  • Author Charles Kettering
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    Whenever you look at a piece of work and you think the fellow was crazy, then you want to pay some attention to that. One of you is likely to be, and you had better find out which one it is. It makes an awful lot of difference.

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    Every honest researcher I know admits he's just a professional amateur. He's doing whatever he's doing for the first time. That makes him an amateur. He has sense enough to know that he's going to have a lot of trouble, so that makes him a professional.

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