Indeed, the most important part of engineering work-and also of other scientific work-is the determination of the method of attacking the problem, whatever it may be, whether an experimental investigation, or a theoretical calculation. ... It is by the choice… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
Take the rose—most people think it very beautiful: I don’t care for It at all. I prefer the cactus, for the simple reason that it has a more interesting personality. It has wonderfully adapted itself to its surroundings! It is… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
No evidence or proof of the existence of a God has been found in the phenomena of nature, based on experience. — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
In the realm of science, all attempts to find any evidence of supernatural beings, of metaphysical concepts, as God, immortality, infinity, etc have thus… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
“There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.” — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
As for my memory, I have a particularly good one. I never keep any record of my investigations or experiments. My memory files all… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
Marking dynamos for repair $10,000.00-2 hours labor $10.00; knowing where to mark $9,990.00. — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
The mercury light doesn't show red. It makes the blood in your skin look blue-black. But see how splendidly it brings out the green… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
“Mathematics is the most exact science, and its conclusions are capable of absolute proof. But this is so only because mathematics does not attempt… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
Money is a stupid measure of achievement, but unfortunately it is the only universal measure we have. — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
Scientific theories need reconstruction every now and then. If they didn't need reconstruction they would be facts, not theories. The more facts we know,… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
[I predict] the electricity generated by water power is the only thing that is going to keep future generations from freezing. Now we use… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
The most important advance in the next fifty years will be in the realm of the spiritual - dealing with the spirit of thought. — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
From a mathematical standpoint it is possible to have infinite space. In a mathematical sense space is manifoldness, or combinations of numbers. Physical space… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
![“[I predict] the electricity generated by water power is the only thing that is going to keep future generations from freezing. Now we use coal whenever we produce electric power by steam engine, but there will be a time when there'll be no more coal to use. That time is not in the very distant…” quote by Charles Proteus Steinmetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6f3/charles-proteus-steinmetz-2577_available_i-predict-the-electricity-generated-by-w_1873352.jpg)
