Engineers Quotes 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…

— Samuel Florman

Knowledge gives a wider choice and more anguish.

— Samuel Florman

... man cannot help but transcend himself as soon as he begins to design and construct.

— 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.

— Samuel Florman

... it is clear that our survival and the salvaging of our environment are dependent on more technology, not less.

— Samuel Florman

There is scarcely a technical issue for which you cannot find expert witnesses of differing opinions.

— 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…

— Samuel Florman

Every technological product has to be designed and its fabrication overseen, and this is what engineers DO.

— 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…

— Samuel Florman

... engineering is a basic instinct in man, the expression of which is existentially fulfilling.

— Samuel Florman

... the ancient joy of helping the tribe to survive is constantly rekindled in the engineer's heart.

— Samuel Florman

Engineering is the art or science of making practical.

— Samuel Florman