The object of universities is not to make skillful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“One of our engineers actually designed a bomb for this purpose; when he presented the schematic at a team meeting, calmer heads… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be a writer. Where I came from, no one was a writer. I came from Long Island,… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
Worldwide access to electronic parts has truly opened up the opportunity for innovation for engineers of all levels. It's an incredible time… — Grant Imahara Copy Share Image
Wealth is an engine that can be used for power, if you are an engineer; but to be tied to the fly… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Everyone who gives up a serious childhood dream -- of becoming an artist, a doctor, an engineer, an athlete -- lives the… — Glenn Kurtz Copy Share Image
The production of souls is more important than the production of tanks… And therefore I raise my glass to you, writers, the… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
A designer must always think about the unfortunate production engineer who will have to manufacture what you have designed; try to understand… — Raymond Loewy Copy Share Image
The lesson has already been learned with alcohol prohibition. We tried to engineer an alcohol-free society and ended up with huge criminal… — Kurt Schmoke Copy Share Image
It seems to me that it had no other rationale than to show that we are not simply the country of entertainers,… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
I noticed a lot of bands always having a few people in the band being interested in recording and audio production, so… — Joey Sturgis Copy Share Image
A common misconception about how things such as space shuttles come to be is that engineers simply apply the theories and equations… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
I have such memories; I keep thinking about all the people I worked with. I was in the recording studio and I… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
We call the fates of the Titanic and the Concordia - as well as those of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
Forelimbs of people, porpoises, bats and horses provide the classic example of homology in most textbooks. They look different, and do different… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My doodles and sketches are not the work of an academic engineer. They represent many years of design study in attempts to… — Alec Issigonis Copy Share Image
Before Ruby on Rails, web programming required a lot of verbiage, steps and time. Now, web designers and software engineers can develop… — Bruce Perens Copy Share Image
Everyone told me you can't build a major tech company in Canada. There just aren't enough investors or engineers or top-level managers.… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder,… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
Five of my father's seven siblings made their bones as engineers or technologists, and some of his best buddies - David Woods,… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I've got a great team of engineers behind this race car. I've got a great bunch of mechanics that make it reliable.… — Al Unser Copy Share Image
I keep saying the sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians. People think I'm joking, but who would've guessed… — Hal Varian Copy Share Image
Technology frightens me to death. It's designed by engineers to impress other engineers. And they always come with instruction booklets that are… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In general, salary for land surveyors is often similar to that of a professional engineer or lawyer - surveyors are often "comfortable"… — Mark Mason Copy Share Image
Google has been amazing at acqui-hiring, buying small companies for the engineers. I think in the competitive market of Silicon Valley, it's… — Ross Levinsohn Copy Share Image
I find it amusing that those who helped to authorize and engineer the biggest foreign policy disaster in our generation are now… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But I live very simply. I farm - there is something visceral about being attached to the land. I am a recording… — Sandra Lerner Copy Share Image
Einstein repeatedly argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with… — Sebastian Thrun Copy Share Image
First rule of engineering; beware prototypes. Along with, avoid anything made by an engineer who doesn't have all his own fingers. — Simon R. Green Copy Share Image
Let's face it: Engineering companies in general have more men than women. Google has tried really hard to recruit women. On the… — Susan Wojcicki Copy Share Image
I come from a family of doctors and engineers, and everyone expected me to take up a similar career. That was the… — Sushant Singh Rajput Copy Share Image
At VMware, the engineers worked very closely with our customers, closely with the field, and it was exciting for everyone. So, one… — Diane Greene Copy Share Image
The world needs scientists, engineers - and if a brain is qualified to do such work, it should be encouraged, not smothered… — Marguerite Rawalt Copy Share Image
I'm grateful to myself and those closest to me me for having given me that non-material base that means I'm a happy… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
All we know about the new economic world is that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
“These top security engineers are much in demand, the hardest to hire in the industry, and usually stay at a firm for… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
