Engineering Quotes

452 quotes by 350 authors

Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst. — Henry Petroski
Because they are so humbled by their creations, engineers are naturally conservative in their expectations of technology. They know that the perfect system is the… — Henry Petroski
I went to college because my father thought that I should learn engineering, because he wanted to go into the heating business with me. There,… — Leonard Susskind
I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby. — Chet Faker
There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to… — Iris Chang
In terms of development of the company, the vast majority of our sales are in the Far East and we will expect to strengthen our… — David Milne
Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and low-paying… — Jerry Costello
In these highways our engineering will reflect the National Socialist movement. — Fritz Todt
From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will occur and evaluates the requirements of the proposed structure in… — Charles Francis Richter
One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking… — Leon Kass
I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called… — Kit Bond
Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic nucleus has required the… — Ernest Lawrence
I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me. — Roger Spottiswoode
The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has… — Mitch Landrieu
Yeah, I think that his great creation was not any one product but a company in which creativity was connected to great engineering. And that… — Walter Isaacson
Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals,… — Freeman Dyson
In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small… — Freeman A. Hrabowski III
I went to school for engineering, I studied jazz. So I always had this kind of creative side and technical side, and I thought architecture… — Joseph Kosinski
Real men study law and engineering, while ideas and values are for sissies. The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name. — Terry Eagleton
I employ case studies of failure into my courses, emphasizing that they teach us much more than studies of success. It is not that success… — Henry Petroski

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