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Henry Petroski has 41 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the…
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Engineers are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable;…
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Any design, whether its for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures.
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I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the…
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All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it…
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What is commonly overlooked in using the computer is the fact that the central goal of design is still to obviate failure,…
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A failed structure provides a counterexample to a hypothesis and shows us incontrovertibly what cannot be done, while a structure that stands…
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Case studies of failure should be made a part of the vocabulary of every engineer so that he or she can recall…
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There's so much written about the Titanic, and it's hard to separate what's fact and what's fiction. My understanding is that the…
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No one wants to learn from mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyond the state of the art.
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The paradox is that when we model future designs on past successes, we are inviting failure down the line; when we take…
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I have always been fascinated by the way things work and how they came to take the form that they did. Writing…
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I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
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Haters are just confused admirers.
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Fear your admirers! Learn in time to hear, understand, and love the cruel truth about yourselves!
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I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death.
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Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly…
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Usually, no one quite knew where Django Reinhardt was going to be, but I met his brother and about an hour later…
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There are some writers who wrote too much. There are others who wrote enough. There are yet others who wrote nothing like…
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Spread the glad tidings that it will not disappoint Miss Heyer's many admirers. Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded…
— Georgette Heyer
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Young actors, fear your admirers! Learn in time, from your first steps, to hear, understand and love the cruel truth about yourselves.…
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I studied painting and sculpting at school and became an actress by mistake .... I've had many lovers and still have romances.…
— Gina Lollobrigida
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Haters are just confused admirers because they can't figure out the reason why everyone loves you.
— Jeffree Star
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Every one should consider himself as intrusted not only with his own conduct, but with that of others; and as accountable, not…
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