Drives Quote by Henry Petroski

I find that because of modern technological evolution and our global economy, and as a result of the great increase in population, our world…

— Dalai Lama

“Technological evolution is the result of our own desire to lead a better life.”

— R.S. Amblee

You can graph human evolution, which is mostly a straight line, but we do get better and change over time, and you can graph…

— Daniel H. Wilson

Technological evolution is leading to something new: a worldwide, interlocked, monolithic, technical-political web of unprecedented negative proportions

— Jerry Mander

“To compare the rate of progress of the biological evolution of intelligence to that of technological evolution, consider that the most advanced mammals have…

— Ray Kurzweil

If you really want it, you need to really work for it.

— Jesse McCartney

Luxury, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Every artifact is somewhat wanting in its function, and that is what drives its evolution.

— Henry Petroski

Although engineers want always to make everything better, they cannot make anything perfect. This basic characteristic flaw of the products of the profession's practitioners…

— Henry Petroski

We call the fates of the Titanic and the Concordia - as well as those of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia - 'accidents.'…

— Henry Petroski

Sometimes all you ever want is someone to want and need you as much as you want and need them

— Abhishek Tiwari

“Don't confuse what you want and what you need.”

— Sarah Fine

God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.

— Max Lucado