5 Quotes & Sayings By Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1881 he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and went on to become a prolific inventor. He patented a number of designs, including a machine for making rubber tires, a fruit juice extractor, a device to make artificial ice, a portable typewriter and a variety of other technology. His personal interests included photography and art Read more

He died tragically young at the age of 41, when his sailing yacht sank in Boston harbor.

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A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the result of sudden impulse and accident than of that reason of which we so much boast. Peter Cooper
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Let the schools teach the nobility of labour and the beauty of human service: but the superstitions of ages past? Never! Peter Cooper
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A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the results of sudden impulses and accident than of that reason of which we so much boast. Peter Cooper
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I have always recognized that the object of business is to make money in an honorable manner. I have endeavored to remember that the object of life is to do good. Peter Cooper