People get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
A professor is one who can speak on any subject - for precisely fifty minutes. — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
Being a scientist/engineer by nature, I approach everything as a problem. — Alvin Leung Copy Share Image
“...when it came to explosives and radios, bad things sometimes happened to good engineers.” — James Rollins Copy Share Image
The construction toy category is one category that has a lot of room to grow online. — David Baszucki Copy Share Image
I used to work on a survey crew, because my dad was an engineer, but he was also a surveyor. — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
A building is a very interesting frame. You always get a sort of sample of different people inside a building. — Hito Steyerl Copy Share Image
I received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, then graduated with a masters in nuclear engineering. — Lonnie Johnson Copy Share Image
LEGO has essentially taken the concrete block, the building block of the world, and made it into the building block of our… — Ayah Bdeir Copy Share Image
When design springs from an understanding of the people who are going to use a product, you begin to see forms that… — Niels Diffrient Copy Share Image
Proper accounting is like engineering. You need a margin of safety. Thank God we don't design bridges and airplanes the way we… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three… — Daniel J. Evans Copy Share Image
I wanted to go beyond the sentiments and needs of daily life to create a sense of wonder and find a new… — Marcel Wanders Copy Share Image
I was a very good student. But I didn't have the latitude to study more. I was never allowed to do anything… — Shiv Nadar Copy Share Image
Civil engineers build bridges. Electrical engineers, power grids. Software engineers, apps. From the engineers who created the Great Pyramids to the engineers… — Dinesh Paliwal Copy Share Image
In his or her life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. Builders may take years… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Architecture is not about designing somehting from a free, fanciful idea. It is about discovering and establishing one's own principle, some kind… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
“No foreign architect of stature, such as I. M. Pei, resides in Japan. Foreign architects come to Japan on short-term contracts, erect… — Alex Kerr Copy Share Image
When you are having fun and creating something you love, it shows in the product. So when a woman is sifting through… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
Human-centered design. Meeting people where they are and really taking their needs and feedback into account. When you let people participate in… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Aesthetics has become too important to be left to the aesthetes. To succeed, hard-nosed engineers, real estate developers, and MBAs must take… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school,… — Isidor Isaac Rabi Copy Share Image
