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Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
-Charles Kettering
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Believe And Act As If It Were

Charles Kettering
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
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So my antagonist said, "is it impossible that there are flying saucers? can you prove that it's impossible?" "no," i said, "i can't prove it's impossible. it's just very unlikely." at that he said, "you are very unscientific. if you can't prove it impossible then how can you say that it's unlikely?" but that is the way that is scientific. it is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible.
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