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One of the things we have to be thankful for is that we don't get as much government as we pay for.
Charles Kettering
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Charles Kettering
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 29
Died: 1958
Died: November 25
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Charles Franklin Kettering
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In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow.
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Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
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I don't want men of experience working for me. The experienced man is always telling me why something can't be done. The fellow who has not had any experience is so dumb he doesn't know a thing can't be done - and he goes ahead and does it.
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Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.
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I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there.
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you must take the problem as it is, and let it be what it wants to be.
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No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.
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