Hyman Rickover
Hyman Rickover
Hyman George Rickoverwas a United States Navy admiral who directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of Naval Reactors. In addition, he oversaw the development of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor used for generating electricity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth27 January 1900
CountryUnited States of America
Hyman Rickover quotes about
optimistic teach
Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.
mean winning class
Above all, we should bear in mind that our liberty is not an end in itself; it is a means to win respect for human dignity for all classes of our society.
mistake ignorance long
Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don't go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others' mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.
jobs attitude organization
What it takes to do a job will not be learned from management courses. It is principally a matter of experience, the proper attitude, and common sense — none of which can be taught in a classroom... Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done.
successful work-out temptation
It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation.
creativity ideas mind
All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.
work government pie
Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.
strong real long
In Greek mythology, Antaeus was a giant who was strong as long as he had contact with the earth. When he was lifted from the earth he lost strength. So it is with engineers. They must not become isolated from the real world.
education children independent
A child is being properly educated only when he is learning to become independent of his parents.
courage ideas innovation
Good ideas and innovations must be driven into existence by courage and patience.
creativity men frustration
We bury the men who do the nation's creative work under layers of administrators and mountains of memoranda. We shrivel creativity by endless frustrations.
bricks half half-truth
Half-truths are like half a brick - they can be thrown farther.
military devil details
The devil is in the details, and everything we do in the military is a detail.
mistake pieces paper
The tools of the academic designer are a piece of paper and a pencil with an eraser. If a mistake is made, it can always be erased and changed. If the practical-reactor designer errs, he wears the mistake around his neck; it cannot be erased. Everyone sees it.