Engineering quotes

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◆ An engineer is someone who washes his hands before going to the toilet.

- Anon100

◆ Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

- James A Michener99

◆ Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been.''

- Albert Einstein99

◆ You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art.

- Kit Williams99

◆ I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools.

- Robert Moog99

◆ Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer.

- Jamie Zawinski99

◆ From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will occur and evaluates the requirements of the proposed structure in the light of the local foundation conditions.

- Charles Francis Richter99

◆ People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.

- Gary Oldman99

◆ One man's magic is another man's engineering. Supernatural is a null word.

- Robert A Heinlein99

◆ Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.

- Bill Budge99

◆ A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

- Helmut Jahn99

◆ When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

- Corrie Ten Boom99

◆ There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.

- Iris Chang99

◆ Normal people... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.

- Scott Adams99

◆ An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.

- Oscar Wilde99