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> [We all have ambivalent feelings toward work ... We try to avoid it, and yet we seem to require it for our emotional well-being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/we-all-have-ambivalent-feelings-toward-work-we-try-to-avoid-it-and/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

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## More by Samuel Florman

> [We recognize that we cannot survive on meditation, poems and sunsets. We are restless. We have an irresistible urge to dip our hands into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/we-recognize-that-we-cannot-survive-on-meditation-poems-and-sunsets/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [Knowledge gives a wider choice and more anguish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/knowledge-gives-a-wider-choice-and-more-anguish/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [... man cannot help but transcend himself as soon as he begins to design and construct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/man-cannot-help-but-transcend-himself-as-soon-as-he-begins-to-design/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [We all have ambivalent feelings toward work ... We try to avoid it, and yet we seem to require it for our emotional well-being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/we-all-have-ambivalent-feelings-toward-work-we-try-to-avoid-it-and/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [... it is clear that our survival and the salvaging of our environment are dependent on more technology, not less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/it-is-clear-that-our-survival-and-the-salvaging-of-our-environment/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [There is scarcely a technical issue for which you cannot find expert witnesses of differing opinions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/there-is-scarcely-a-technical-issue-for-which-you-cannot-find-expert/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [All about us the sense of disenchantment with technology appears to be growing. No one ... can ignore the fall of the engineer from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/all-about-us-the-sense-of-disenchantment-with-technology-appears-to/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [Every technological product has to be designed and its fabrication overseen, and this is what engineers DO.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/every-technological-product-has-to-be-designed-and-its-fabrication/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [There will be no new arcadian age. There will always be new burdens, new problems, new failures, new beginnings. And the glory of man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/there-will-be-no-new-arcadian-age-there-will-always-be-new-burdens/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [... engineering is a basic instinct in man, the expression of which is existentially fulfilling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/engineering-is-a-basic-instinct-in-man-the-expression-of-which-is/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [... the ancient joy of helping the tribe to survive is constantly rekindled in the engineer's heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/the-ancient-joy-of-helping-the-tribe-to-survive-is-constantly/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [Engineering is the art or science of making practical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/engineering-is-the-art-or-science-of-making-practical/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

> [The engineer's power was usually limited to a refusal to endorse a given plan, or to the tender of his resignation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-florman/the-engineer-s-power-was-usually-limited-to-a-refusal-to-endorse-a/)

[Samuel Florman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-florman/)

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