United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)

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An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
People are very open-minded about new things--as long as they're exactly like the old ones.
The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.
The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.
Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
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.

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