Doing things Quote by Mark Walport

Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing.

— Henry Petroski

Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used by people.

— Margaret Atwood

Trying different ways of doing things is what brings invention.

— Terry Mark

Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to…

— N. R. Narayana Murthy

There's no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there's no question that…

— Benjamin Carson

The intelligent use of science and technology are the tools with which to achieve a new direction.

— Jacque Fresco

Science plays a huge role in our lives. We're surrounded by technology, we depend on it.

— Alice Roberts

What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to do, yet this is the way technology tends to work.

— Richard Powers

The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist.…

— Clifford Stoll

Many people and governments share the mistaken belief that science, with new, ingenious devices and techniques, can rescue us from the troubles we face…

— Henry W. Kendall

We work in an industry where people invent technology to avoid what we create.

— David Droga

Science clears the fields on which technology can build.

— Werner Heisenberg