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It is really want, rather than need, that drives the process of technological evolution.

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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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I finally learned to live in the present and focus only on what I want rather than what I don't want. — Darren Johnson
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You get what you think about, whether you want it or not. Commit to thinking about what you want, rather than how… — Wayne Dyer
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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear. — Bill Joy
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And then there came into my heart a very great love for my father and I thought it was very much braver… — Alistair MacLeod
It is really want, rather than need, that drives the process of technological evolution. — Henry Petroski
I kissed this boy on the cheek because I thought he was nice But really hes horrible He made it seem like… — Unknown Author
It is important for us consciously to say, or claim, only the things we want rather than what we do not want. — Darren Johnson
God is not like a human being; it is not important for God to have visible evidence so that he can see… — Soren Kierkegaard

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