Engineering Quotes · Page 36

Eight-man teams drilling expansion bolts in rocks? Sorry, that's not climbing - that's engineering.

— Jeff Lowe

It's all about the money. Write a check, and you can build anything you want.

— Greg Brenneman

Good design is probably something that has been thoroughly thought through to a point of resolution.

— David Linley

Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it.

— William F. Buckley, Jr

I've always liked working with an archetypal design, something functional.

— Grayson Perry

Every Engineer provides a plan, but does not mean he can build a good future by his profession.

— Nathaniel E Quimada

With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first.

— Nicolas Ghesquiere

Good design is partially creativity and innovation, but primarily knowledge and awareness.

— Chuck Green

The whole point of interior design is about creating environments where people can really live their lives and where you can connect…

— Vern Yip

Most inventors and engineers I've met are like me. They're shy and they live in their heads. The very best of them…

— Steve Wozniak

I have a book of buildings from 25,000 BC. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made,…

— Ben Nicholson

As an architect, you do not have control of who will build the building and who will have the capability.

— Santiago Calatrava

Good design and talented architects can transform an ugly house on a relatively accessible and achievable budget.

— George Clarke

“It is hardly surprising that the malodorous field of garbology has not attained the popularity of rocket science, oil exploration, or brain…

— Hans Y. Tammemagi

Design is the fundamental creative activity with which we direct our lives, and collectively, the earth's transformation from its original, natural state…

— Michael Shannon

The California Science Center is a cornerstone in California's push to educate and encourage students to reach their full potential and to…

— Walter O'Brien

“best questions. “The world of the designer changes,” explains Bass, “from the form maker to the person that creates the goals and…

— Thomas L. Friedman

I'd be like, alright, I don't know anything about sales. So I would search for sales on Amazon, get the three top-rated…

— Drew Houston

I'm in two modes when I'm on Lanai: In engineering mode, I'm trying to find the right place for the reservoir and…

— Larry Ellison

“What then is this thing called Design if it is neither style nor applied art? It is planning: the planning as objectively…

— Bruno Munari

Engineering talent is the most precious resource for any technology company - Palantir and Addepar are successful first and foremost because of…

— Joe Lonsdale

… what society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil. Of course, the snake oil has the most impressive names — otherwise you…

— Edsger Dijkstra

Lyndon Johnson is not a comfortable model for President Obama to imitate. He is an all-but-forgotten president - pilloried for the failed…

— Robert Dallek

I hire people who can do their jobs and who will advise me of things they don't agree with. The worst thing…

— Roger Ailes

Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design.

— Christopher Alexander

Design is a very personal thing. It's like art. Your personal choice plays a big role.

— Gauri Khan

“Why climb the corporate ladder when you can build an elevator in your own building?”

— Joshua E. Leyenhorst

I often get asked if I think I'm ever going to build something useful, and maybe someday I will.

— Simone Giertz

Dude, my hair is like an architectural structure. It’s like… a building.

— Taylor Swift

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.

— Charles Eames

Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great,

— Jonathan Ive

You want to have a good cake? Get two engineers to build it.

— Allison Schroeder

“Before you get out of the building, get out of your comfort zone.”

— Rodrigo Martinez RMentrepreneur

Since an early age, I’ve been intrigued by the idea of design evolution,

— Phillip Lim

I feel I'm a hammer to the construction worker that is the filmmaker.

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

“Designs belong to individual designers; Architecture belongs to communities of practice. We”

— Peter Lucas

Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.

— Larry Wall

Don't design your back yard from the outside looking in. Design from your window looking out.

— Janet Macunovich

In a few wretched buildings, we created a whole new industry with international significance.

— Edwin Land

Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.

— Henry Petroski