The Book of Heroic Failures Quotes

“Many of his early engines were quite astounding. They were no faster or more powerful than other designs, and yet they were more expensive, less efficient, and much worst at starting. Despite this, he improved on them in such a way that they would frequently not start at all.”
― Stephen Pile, The Book of Heroic Failures: The Official Handbook of the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain