“Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach but it is unlikely to produce the first motor ca...”

“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.”

“The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'wh...”

“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.”

“You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll wan...”

“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”

“Human inventions march from thecomplex to the simple, and simplicity is always perfection.”

“Human understanding more easily invents new things than new words.”

“The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not t...”

“There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you a...”

“That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetiti...”

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”