25 result(s) for Engineer Quotes.
"Scientists study the world as it is; engineers create the world that has never been."
"The engineer has been, and is, a maker of history."
"Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems; engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change."
"First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events."
"The scientist describes what exists; the engineer creates what never was."
"Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man."
"To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
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"When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart."
"One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null concept."
"There is no science without engineering, and no engineering without science."
"Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world."
"The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art."
"The problem in this business isn't to keep people from stealing your ideas; it's making them steal your ideas!"
"Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it."
"Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure."
"Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes."
"I've always been fascinated by engineering. If you study the history of anything, you can learn only so much from books. You have to get your hands dirty."
"Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity."
"An engineer is someone who is good with figures, but lacks the personality to be an accountant."
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
"The idea is to try to give all of the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another."
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"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
"The engineering of the future will be medicine."
"We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims."
"The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm."
