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查爾斯·凱特靈語錄
查爾斯·凱特靈(Charles Kettering,1876-1958)是一個(gè)美國發(fā)明家,曾經(jīng)擔(dān)任通用汽車公司研發(fā)主管27年(1920-1947)。
在那個(gè)年代,汽車公司代表了技術(shù)的最高水平,聽上去有點(diǎn)像今天Google、蘋果公司的那種感覺。查爾斯·凱特靈在世界上最大的汽車公司里負(fù)責(zé)研發(fā),他在業(yè)界的地位可想而知。

前幾天,我讀到了他的一些語錄,覺得很有啟發(fā)(前提是要從工程師的角度,去理解這些話),就做了摘錄。
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1.
The whole fun of living is trying to make something better.
生活的所有樂趣,在于使某樣?xùn)|西變得更好。
2.
The key to economic prosperity is the organized creation of dissatisfaction.
經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮的關(guān)鍵,在于有組織地創(chuàng)造對現(xiàn)狀的不滿。
3.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
普通人也可以做出驚人的成績,只要他不被那些先入為主的觀念束縛。
4.
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
我只關(guān)心未來,因?yàn)槲业挠嗌紩谀抢锒冗^。
5.
Nothingever built arose to touch the skies unless some man dreamed that itshould, some man believed that it could, and some man willed that itmust.
多少偉大的東西,都是起于一兩人之夢想。先是一些人覺得也許可以做到,然后另一些人下定決心,一定要把它做出來。
6.
People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.
人們都是開明的,只要新事物與舊事物足夠相像。
7.
So few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer.
擁有想象力的人少之又少,所以世界上的小提琴手?jǐn)?shù)以萬計(jì),而作曲家卻寥寥無幾。
8.
The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.
世人總是不喜歡變化,但是只有變化才會帶來進(jìn)步。
9.
A problem well stated is a problem half solved.
一個(gè)問題只要能夠清晰地表述,就已經(jīng)解決了一半。
10.
If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.
扼殺創(chuàng)意,只要讓一個(gè)委員會負(fù)責(zé)實(shí)施就行了。
11.
It is easy to build a philosophy - it doesn't have to run.
創(chuàng)立一種哲學(xué)是很容易的,因?yàn)槟悴槐剡\(yùn)行它。
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