Engineer Quotes

288 quotes by 252 authors

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering… — Igor Sikorsky
Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer,… — Phillip Lim
An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two — Arthur M. Wellington
I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam… — Clyde Tombaugh
Early in my career as an engineer, Iâ€™d learned that all decisions were objective until the first line of code was written. After that, all… — Ben Horowitz
All great contemporary artists, schooled or not, are essentially self-taught and are de-skilling like crazy. I don't look for skill in art...Skill has nothing to… — Jerry Saltz
I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years… — Marc Garneau
The lesson has already been learned with alcohol prohibition. We tried to engineer an alcohol-free society and ended up with huge criminal enterprises, government corruption,… — Kurt Schmoke
I do not want and will not take a royalty on any record I record. I think paying a royalty to a producer or engineer… — Steve Albini
You go to a technology conference or an engineering conference, there are very few women there. At the same time it's a blessing in the… — Padmasree Warrior
It's [programming] the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical… — Andy Hertzfeld
..there is need for a person to be generally educated. Otherwise you shrivel up much too soon. Whether this means reading the bible (I read… — Peter Drucker
My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director. — Edward Tufte
The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic. — Grady Booch
The task of the software development team is to engineer the illusion of simplicity. — Grady Booch
A scientist describes what is. An engineer creates what never was. — Theodore von Karman
Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer. — Jamie Zawinski
Oftentimes the quality of the light tells the story: the time of day, the weather, whether sun is streaming through the window. It can also… — Jules Fisher
An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it… — Oscar Wilde
There is little doubt that, until 1846 when he helped to engineer the resignation of Robert Peel, Disraeli was driven by an ambition to make… — Christopher Hibbert

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