Therefore, O students, study mathematics and do not build without foundations. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I cannot even open an umbrella properly. How could I ever have been a civil engineering student? — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948. — Daniel J. Evans Copy Share Image
My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English. — Eric Allin Cornell Copy Share Image
Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man. — Thomas Tredgold Copy Share Image
George Washington was quite a farmer. He was a farmer, Civil Engineer and gentleman. He made enough at civil engineering to indulge… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This… — Ove Arup Copy Share Image
I built bridges and worked for the army and SAS in Vietnam and Zimbabwe. I also sold watches and Jaguars in the… — Bob Christo Copy Share Image
Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
Go for civil engineering, because civil engineering is the branch of engineering which teaches you the most about managing people. Managing people… — John Harvey-Jones Copy Share Image
No greater care is required upon any works than upon such as are to withstand the action of water; for this reason,… — Frontinus Copy Share Image
“Data science is the civil engineering of data. Its acolytes possess a practical knowledge of tools and materials, coupled with a theoretical… — Rachel Schutt Copy Share Image
It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“What if someone had the potential to discover a formula to unlock the mysteries of the universe wanted to become a pulp… — Hiroshi Sakurazaka Copy Share Image
Civil Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of man; being… — Thomas Tredgold Copy Share Image
“What is Civil Engineering? Technology could be a skilled engineering regulation that chargeable for appearance, structure, and maintenance of the substantial surroundings.… — S. Paul Kashap Copy Share Image
“Dictionaries, manuals, grammars, study guides and topic notes, classical authors and the entire book trade in de Viris, Quintus-Curtius, Sallust, and Livy… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“This is shitty to say, but there's not much pathos involved in a case like that. Think about it: Little So-and-so the… — Cara Hoffman Copy Share Image
I was able to get a civil engineering degree and travel around the world and eat. — Joey Chestnut Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer. But I didn't get a good rank, so I got civil engineering. — Jitendra Kumar Copy Share Image
To define it rudely but not inaptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar which any bungler can… — Arthur M. Wellington Copy Share Image
When engineers and quantity surveyors discuss aesthetics and architects study what cranes do we are on the right road. — Ove Arup Copy Share Image
I became an environmentalist because I love the living world, but I spend much of my life thinking about electricity, industrial processes… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
To the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The form a city assumes as it evolves over time owes more to large-scale works of civil engineering - what we now… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
When I was in architecture school, I became curious about the exact mathematics, physics, and construction of the great structures I had… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I work nights on a farm in the summer when harvest starts. I work on a civil engineering site down the Humber… — Guy Martin Copy Share Image
My dad wanted me to be a professional person, which I was - I was a civil engineer. I graduated from civil… — James Hong Copy Share Image
There's a lot of knowledge in civil engineering about how soils will react when subjected to heavy loads. When you take lightweight… — Karl Iagnemma Copy Share Image
There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilisation. By it we… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I was in school studying civil engineering. A guy approached me on the street and said that I had a interesting look-very… — Thuy Trang Copy Share Image
Aeroplanes are not designed by science, but by art in spite of some pretence and humbug to the contrary. I do not… — Walter Guido Vincenti Copy Share Image
“As I've looked into the eyes of street children in Afghanistan desperate for a future other than terrorism, or children in Rwanda… — Bernard Amadei Copy Share Image
Engineers are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable;… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
