Engineers Quotes - Page 2

• The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Art, Work, Engineering

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• Take the best that exists and make it better.

  Henry Royce

  Engineering, Rolls Royce, Civil Engineer

  "Transforming the Organization". P. 85. Book by Francis J. Gouillart, 1996.

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• Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.

  Thomas Tredgold

  Art, Men, Engineering

  The Times, London, June 30, 1828.

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• An engineer cannot participate in irrationality.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Engineering, Irrationality

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• Engineers at General Motors have developed a revolutionary new engine whose only function is to lubricate itself.

  George Carlin

  Revolutionary, Function, General Motors

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'.

  Linus Torvalds

  Fashion, White, Design

  Interview with Scott Merrill, techcrunch.com. April 19, 2012.

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• First rule of engineering; beware prototypes. Along with, avoid anything made by an engineer who doesn't have all his own fingers.

  Simon R. Green

  Engineering, Firsts, Made

  Simon R. Green (2013). “Spirits From Beyond”, p.111, Penguin

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  One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Men, Engineering, Usa

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.236, Penguin

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• One man's magic is another man's gluey torture session.

  Jackie Earle Haley

  Men, Engineering, Magic

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• The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering-that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.

  L. Sprague de Camp

  Struggle, Men, Engineering

  L. Sprague de Camp (1963). “The Ancient Engineers”

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  Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

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• Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth.

  Theodore J. Hoover

  Science, Engineering, Definitions

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• Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a creative activity, involving imagination, intuition and deliberate choice.

  Ove Arup

  Art, Engineering, Imagination

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• I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.

  Neil Armstrong

  White, Pockets, Diagrams

  "The Engineered Century". Neil Armstrong's remarks during National Engineers Week on behalf of the National Academy of Engineering at the National Press Club, www.nae.edu. February 22, 2000.

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• The human body was designed by a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area ?

  Robin Williams

  Running, Science, Toxic Waste

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• I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Wish, Lawyer

  Barack Obama (2007). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.10, Canongate Books

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• I never knew what an engineer did for a living when I was a kid. I still don't.

  Scott Adams

  Funny, Hilarious, Witty

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• Life is the steam of the corporeal engine; the soul is the engineer who makes use of the steam-quickened engine.

  Sara Coleridge

  Soul, Use, Life Is

  Sara Coleridge Coleridge (1873). “Memoir and Letters”, p.164

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• A scientist builds in order to learn; an engineer learns in order to build.

  Fred Brooks

  Order, Scientist

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• A scientist describes what is. An engineer creates what never was.

  Theodore von Karman

  Scientist

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• I had grown up among engineers, and I could remember the engineers of the twenties very well indeed: their open, shining intellects, their free and gentle humor, their agility and breadth of thought, the ease with which they shifted from one engineering field to another, and, for that matter, from technology to social concerns and art. Then, too, they personified good manners and delicacy of taste; well-bred speech that flowed evenly and was free of uncultured words; one of them might play a musical instrument, another dabble in painting; and their faces always bore a spiritual imprint.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Spiritual, Art, Technology

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• So give me the political economist, the sanitary reformer, the engineer; and take your saints and virgins, relics and miracles. The spinning-jenny and the railroad, Cunard's liners and the electric telegraph, are to me, if not to you, signs that we are, on some points at least, in harmony with the universe; that there is a mighty spirit working among us, who cannot be your anarchic and destroying Devil, and therefore may be the Ordering and Creating God.

  Charles Kingsley

  Creating, Giving, Miracle

  Charles Kingsley (1881). “The Works of Charles Kingsley: Yeast”

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• To be a good professional engineer, always start to study late for exams because it teaches you how to manage time and tackle emergencies.

  Bill Gates

  Emergencies, Study, Exam

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• The people who built Silicon Valley were engineers. They learned business, they learned a lot of different things, but they had a real belief that humans, if they worked hard with other creative, smart people, could solve most of humankind's problems. I believe that very much.

  Steve Jobs

  Real, Smart, Believe

  "Steve Jobs: the Next Insanely Great Thing". Interview with Wired, www.wired.com. February 1, 1996.

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• A lawyer is either a social engineer or he is a parasite on society.

  Charles Hamilton Houston

  Lawyer, Social, Parasites

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