Engineering Quotes

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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot… — Douglas Adams
Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. — Scott Adams
Normal people... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet. — Scott Adams
Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any… — Jeff Bezos
When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust… — Corrie Ten Boom
Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence… — Vince Cable
There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration. — Vinton Cerf
During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering experience… — Martin Ryle
Even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15% of one's financial success is due one's technical knowledge and about 85% is due to skill… — Dale Carnegie
With engineering, I view this year's failure as next year's opportunity to try it again. Failures are not something to be avoided. You want to… — Gordon Moore
Most people don't realize that it's not just minorities who don't do well in science and engineering - quite frankly, you're talking about Americans. — Freeman A. Hrabowski III
In engineering, that only is great which achieves. It matters not what the intention is, he who in the day of battle is not victorious… — Henry Ward Beecher
I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depression, my scholarship came to an end, and… — Jack Steinberger
You had to make a camera look like it's traveling at 300 mph, but you couldn't make it actually travel at 300 mph so you… — John Dykstra
If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn't like geeks,… — Bill Gates
Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline. — William J. Clinton
I have long aspired to make our company a noble prototype of industry, penetrating in science, reliable in engineering, creative in aesthetics and wholesomely prosperous… — Edwin Land
It seems to be saying perpetually; 'I am the end of the nineteenth century; I am glad they built me of iron; let me rust.'… — Hilaire Belloc
Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world. — Isaac Asimov
Science is concerned with what is possible while engineering is concerned with choosing, from among the many possible ways, one that meets a number of… — Richard Hamming

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