Charles Franklin Kettering Quotes

Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.

Charles Franklin Kettering

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Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

Charles Franklin Kettering

People are very open-minded about new things--as long as they're exactly like the old ones.

Charles Franklin Kettering

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.

Charles Franklin Kettering

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.

Charles Franklin Kettering

The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.

Charles Franklin Kettering

You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

Charles Franklin Kettering

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

Charles Franklin Kettering

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.

Charles Franklin Kettering

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

Charles Franklin Kettering