Friday, 2 June 2017

101 Engineering Quotes from the Minds of Innovators

Throughout history, there have been many notable engineers and inventors who have changed the way we live through their creations and innovations. As an engineer, you’ve likely taken inspiration along the way from the works and words of some of the industry’s greats.
Here is a selection of 101 quotes about engineering, some famous and some not-so, to make you laugh, inspire you and remind you of the contribution than engineers have made in shaping the world we live in today:

1. “Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.”
― Scott Adams
2. “One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering. “Supernatural” is a null word.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
3. “But remember this, Japanese boy... airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.”
― Hayao Miyazaki
4. “All we know about the new economic world tells us that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has ever sued its way to greatness.”
― Richard Lamm
5. “I was originally supposed to become an engineer but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life even more refined, with a loathsome capital gain as the goal, was unbearable to me.”
― Albert Einstein
6. “The problem in this business isn’t to keep people from stealing your ideas; it's making them steal your ideas!”
― Howard Aiken
7. “The fewer moving parts, the better." "Exactly. No truer words were ever spoken in the context of engineering.”
― Christian Cantrell
8. “Engineering is not only study of 45 subjects but it is moral studies of intellectual life.”
― Prakhar Srivastav
9. “Are engineers better at business than business people? It’s debatable. Business people certainly seems to have bigger houses, drive fancier cars, wear nicer clothes and have better looking mates. Engineers lack the time management skills to spend that kind of money. They waste all their time inventing ways to make the most money in the quickest, most efficient way possible. And then when they figure it out, they optimize the process.”
― Raul Perez
10. “It is exciting to discover electrons and figure out the equations that govern their movement; it is boring to use those principles to design electric can openers. From here on out, it's all can openers.”
― Neal Stephenson

101 Engineering Quotes from the Minds of Innovators


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