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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 into account past…

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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…
Engineers are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable;…
Any design, whether its for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures.
I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the…
All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it…
What is commonly overlooked in using the computer is the fact that the central goal of design is still to obviate failure,…
A failed structure provides a counterexample to a hypothesis and shows us incontrovertibly what cannot be done, while a structure that stands…
Case studies of failure should be made a part of the vocabulary of every engineer so that he or she can recall…
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…
No one wants to learn from mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyond the state of the art.
The paradox is that when we model future designs on past successes, we are inviting failure down the line; when we take…
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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Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak. — Paul D. Boyer
Graham Greene famously said that all writers need a chip of ice in their heart; Cusk can come across as the most… — Julie Burchill
Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read. — Leo Burnett
You know what 'FAILING' stands for? It stands for 'Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth.' — Gary Busey
Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for… — Maya Angelou
Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden.... It is sad that Nature will play such… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting? — Vernon Duke
Every choice before you represents the universe inviting you to remember who you are and what you want. — Alan Cohen
I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the… — Julius Erving
By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward… — Thomas More
Ralph Lauren has always stood for providing quality products, creating worlds and inviting people to take part in our dream. We were… — Ralph Lauren
Those who allow themselves to be led by the Spirit understand that placing oneself at the service of the Gospel is not… — Pope Benedict XVI

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