Engineering Quotes

452 quotes by 350 authors

It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan… — Herbert Hoover
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see… — Herbert Hoover
I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948. — Daniel J. Evans
I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I… — Daniel J. Evans
I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology. — Frederick Reines
Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity is needed once again. — Ben Shneiderman
That is the future, and it is probably nearer than we think. But our primary problem as universities is not engineering that future. We must… — Vartan Gregorian
I think re-engineering or restructuring or downsizing or rightsizing or whatever you want to call it, it's basically firing, has gone way too far. Employees,… — Robert Reich
Engineering is merely the slow younger brother of physics. — Steven Molaro
A fierce and monkish art; a castigation of the flesh. You must cut out your imagination and not fly an airplane but regulate a half-dozen… — Wolfgang Langewiesche
The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest. — Edward Bernays
I was always fascinated by engineering. Maybe it was an attempt maybe to get my father's respect or interest, or maybe it was just a… — James Cameron
An important re-engineering principle is that companies should focus on their core competence and outsource everything else. — Bill Gates
If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview… — Bill Gates
I worked with such concentration and focus and I had hundreds of obscure engineering or programming things in my head. I was just real exceptional… — Steve Wozniak
I have run engineering since day one at Oracle, and I still run engineering. I hold meetings every week with the database team, the middle… — Larry Ellison
If I were 21 years old, I would go into biotechnology or genetic engineering. — Larry Ellison
Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mix down. — Dr. Dre
My own duty as a teacher...is not so much to interpret Beethoven, Wagner, or other masters of the past, but to give what encouragement I… — Antonin Dvorak
It is a simple feat of scientific electrical engineering â€” only expensive â€” blind, faint-hearted, doubting world. — Nikola Tesla

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