Charles Kettering Quotes

There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

There is a better way to do it - Find it!

We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty.

For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.

All progress is experimental.

I'm a curious person. I like to ask questions. Well, why? People would say, it's never been done. It's never been done does not mean that it can't be done.

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists.

What makes our world so fascinating is that continuously there are novel and creative ideas spurring people to leave old ways and try something new.

It is well that the beaten ways of the world get trodden into mud : we are thus forced to seek new paths and pick out new lines of life.

If people like Edison had waited to make every - or Ben Franklin or some of those people had waited to solve every problem on Earth before they did their research or before they were curious about doing something new, we'd never have made a lot of the progress we have.

With any new medium, the full power is only unearthed with experimentation.

We like to try doing new things in the shows and doing things that we haven't done before.

I want to keep experimenting and trying to change my game.

If you don't try out new things, then you will be left behind.

Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.

Life is about trying things to see if they work.

Don’t let yourself be. Find something new to try, something to change. Count how often it succeeds and how often it doesn’t. Write about it. Ask a patient or a colleague what they think about it. See if you can keep the conversation going.

Avoid your comfort zone - it's probably outdated anyway.

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

Some things are going to work, some aren't. But there's always something new going on, so it's fun to watch and see what's coming next.

Research is a way of taking calculated risks to bring about incalculable consequences.

I'm lost in a transition. The old is dead, and I don't know what the new is. The only way to find the new is to start different things and see if there's something that can come out of experimentation. It's somewhat unsettling, but it's a hopeful thing in a way. I've been here before, lots of times.

We have a process that continually looks back to him for guidance, but it also combines that with a tremendous amount of discovery and invention, as well, because of the demands of the medium and the opportunities of the medium.

The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else.