A problem well stated is a problem half solved. Author: Charles Franklin Kettering Copy Quote More from Charles Franklin Kettering “An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his fa…” “It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if…” “You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the ti…” “The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.”