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Sir Christopher Cockerell
(4 Jun 1910 - 1 Jun 1999)
English inventor.
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Science Quotes by Sir Christopher Cockerell (4 quotes)
[In an inventor’s life] Everything is stacked against you, but for some reason some silly chaps seem to be driven to it (rather like a painter of a composer of music), which is perhaps just as well or we should still be living in the Stone Age.
— Sir Christopher Cockerell
As quoted in Michael T. Kaufman, 'Christopher Cockerell, 88, Inventor, Dies; Father of Hovercraft and Marconi Devices', New York Times (4 Jun 1999), 19.
I’ve enjoyed life, but it would have been nice to treat my wife to dinner once in a while.
— Sir Christopher Cockerell
From a 1996 interview, as quoted in an obituary which explained, “his patents for the hovercraft and other inventions did provide what he conceded was a reasonable living, but they did not make him rich.” In Michael T. Kaufman, 'Christopher Cockerell, 88, Inventor, Dies; Father of Hovercraft and Marconi Devices', New York Times (4 Jun 1999), 19.
Some of the hovercraft saga was fun, but most of it was incredibly frustrating.
— Sir Christopher Cockerell
As quoted in Michael T. Kaufman, 'Christopher Cockerell, 88, Inventor, Dies; Father of Hovercraft and Marconi Devices', New York Times (4 Jun 1999), 19.
The Admiralty said it was a plane and not a boat, the Royal Air Force said it was a boat and not a plane, the Army were plain not interested.
— Sir Christopher Cockerell
Describing his invention, the hovercraft. Webmaster has not yet found a source for this as a direct quote.
See also:
- 4 Jun - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Cockerell's birth.