Quotes About Engineering

Man is a creative animal, doomed to strive toward a goal, engaged in full-time engineering.

The time is probably near when a new system of architectural laws will be developed, adapted entirely to metallic construction.

A commercial aircraft is a vehicle capable of supporting itself aerodynamically and economically at the same time.

I think one of the most groundbreaking inventions of all time is the jackhammer.

El gran adversario de la civilización es, según Hayek, el constructivismo o la ingeniería social, la pretensión de elaborar intelectualmente un modelo económico y político y querer luego implantarlo en la realidad, algo que sólo es posible mediante la fuerza —una violencia que degenera en dictadura— y que ha fracasado en todos los casos en que se intentó.

Ray was disappointed by the (Millenium) wheel. Too well engineered, he said. He wanted the wind in his hair and a rusty handrail and the faint pssibility that the whole structure might collapse.

Circuit boards have foundations made of paper;

The dismantling of the vast and wholly parasitic armaments industry had given an unprecedented—sometimes, indeed, unhealthy—boost to the world economy. No longer were vital raw materials and brilliant engineering talents swallowed up in a virtual black hole—or, even worse, turned to destruction. Instead, they could be used to repair the ravages and neglect of centuries, by rebuilding the world.

Dr. Brown considered all engineers to be nothing more than glorified carpenters and plumbers.

No need to go to the dolphins," interjected Max Brailovsky. "One of the brightest engineers in my class was fatally attracted to a blonde in Kiev. When I heard of him last, he was working in a garage. And he'd won a gold medal for designing space-stations. What a waste!

Fifty years is ample time in which to change a world and its people almost beyond recognition. All that is required for the task are a sound knowledge of social engineering, a clear sight of the intended goal—and power.

My father always said that you cannot graft a culture of science and engineering onto an Iron Age society. And so it's proving.' Bisesa studied him. 'You'll have to tell me about your father.

No such thing as centrifugal force. It's an engineer's phantom. There's only inertia.

classical Hohmann orbit—

Soon after publication 'Superiority' was inserted into the Engineering curriculum of MIT—to warn the graduates that the Better is often the enemy of the Good—and the Best can be the enemy of both, as it is always too late.

magnetostriction

The manuals that Otto gave me said that you couldn't hurt those things if you dropped them from the top of the Trump Tower. Besides," he added, "they aren't even armed yet. Right, Herr Admiral?

magnetohydrodynamic

Twenty-five percent of the Netherlands is reclaimed land. The whole country is sixteen feet below sea level.

If I designed a computer with 200 chips, I tried to design it with 150. And then I would try to design it with 100. I just tried to find every trick I could in life to design things real tiny.

My dad and my mom convinced me to go into biomedical engineering because they said astronauts going to Mars will need life support systems.

architecture is a way of life

Muita gente pensa que a arte é a grande sustentação da música, mas não é verdade. Há regras de lógica, de engenharia e de física subjacentes a todo o lado criativo da música.

Architecture… the adaptation of form to resist force.