Creative Quotations from Charles Kettering (1876-1958) born on Aug 29 US engineer, inventor; Boss invented the electric starter, 1911 and the electric.

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Creative Quotations from Charles Kettering (1876-1958) born on Aug 29 US engineer, inventor; Boss invented the electric starter, 1911 and the electric cash register.

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

A problem well stated is a problem half solved.

We have a lot of people revolutionizing the world because they've never had to present a working model.

One fails forward toward success.

An inventor is simply a person who doesn't take his education too seriously. He tries and fails maybe a 1000 times. If he succeeds once then he's in.

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