A Problem Well Stated Is A Problem

I Often Say That Research Is A Way Of Finding Out What You Are Going To Do When You Can't Keep On Doing What You Are Doing Now.

When I Was Research Head Of General Motors And Wanted A Problem Solved, I'd Place A Table Outside The Meeting Room With A Sign: "leave Slide Rules Here." If I Didn't Do That, I'd Find Someone Reaching For His Slide Rule. Then He'd Be On His Feet Saying, "boss, You Can't Do It."

Obsolescence Is A Factor Which Says That The New Thing I Bring You Is Worth More Than The Unused Value Of The Old Thing.

My Definition Of An Educated Man Is The Fellow Who Knows The Right Thing To Do At The Time It Has To Be Done. You Can Be Sincere And Still Be Stupid.

We Suffer Not From Overproduction But From Undercirculation. You Have Heard Of Technocracy. I Wish I Had Those Fellows For My Competitors. I'd Like To Take The Automobile It Is Said They Predicted Could Be Made Now That Would Last Fifty Years. Even If Never Used, This Automobile Would Not Be Worth Anything Except To A Junkman In Ten Years, Because Of The Changes In Men's Tastes And Ideas. This Desire For Change Is An Inherent Quality In Human Nature, So That The Present Generation Must Not Try To Crystallize The Needs Of The Future Ones.