"Failures are much more dramatic than successes, and……" — Henry Petroski

"Failures are much more dramatic than successes, and people like drama. I think this is why automobile races draw such crowds. People expect spectacular crashes, which we tend to find more interesting than cars just racing around the track. The same is true of bridges, buildings, or any structure or machine."

— Henry Petroski

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