"You know, you read about the future. You can't help that. I don't look upon the future. I am not a politician. I am not worried about the future at all. I don't like to run it down. I don't like to think of it being too dark because I expect to spend all the rest of my life there and I don't want to have a nasty end to it."
— Charles Kettering

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
Businesspeople from the United StatesPhilosophers from the United StatesPeople from OhioInventorsElectrical engineers
Original Language: English

Sources

Variants: — I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there, and I would like it to be a nice place, polished, bright, glistening, and glorious. — As quoted in Professional Amateur: The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering, by T. A. Boyd 1957, pp. 3–4 (Internet Archive, Google Books) — My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. — Common, since 1947. Examples: Instruments and Control Systems, Volume 20, 1947,