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Quotes About Engineering

People keep inventing all these new machines, and producers and recording engineers keep wanting to use them.
~ John Prine
If you're looking for power and handling, then I think Ferrari is the answer.
~ Sergio Marchionne
Hands-on experience is the best way to learn about all the interdisciplinary aspects of robotics.
~ Rodney Brooks
I don't want to be a hardware engineer. That seems like a terrible job.
~ Brianna Wu
With Harley, you build it, then you've got to take it apart.
~ Noah Hathaway
In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four.
~ George Orwell
Physical facts could not be ignored. In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four.
~ George Orwell
In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an airplane they had to make four.
~ George Orwell
I worked on all of the Apollo manned missions and a couple of Apollo unmanned missions.
~ Margaret H. Hamilton
After I did my graduation in mechanical engineering, I got a scholarship to go to the U.S. to do my master's. So I did that. I also worked there for a while. After my master's, I did a course in Film Appreciation.
~ Karthi
My dad was an assembly line worker at AC Spark Plug, which was a division of General Motors, and his job was to build and then inspect the little spark plugs as they came off the line.
~ Michael Moore
My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day; my grandmother was a social worker and my grandfather was an engineer, but they never talked about religion. My entire life I couldn't remember one conversation I had with them about religion.
~ Mohsin Hamid
When I was up on my first flight, we were really putting it together. So, I was essentially a construction worker.
~ Sunita Williams
I always call myself a space construction worker.
~ Julie Payette
Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and low-paying jobs.
~ Jerry Costello
We know that to compete for the jobs of the 21st century and thrive in a global economy, we need a growing, skilled and educated workforce, particularly in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. Americans with bachelor's degrees have half the unemployment rate of those with a high school degree.
~ Mark Pocan
On education, in order to ensure that America remains a world leader, we must create an educated, skilled workforce in the vital areas of science, math, engineering and information technology. At the same time, we must give every student access to a college degree.
~ John F. Tierney
We want Florida to be first for jobs, and we must have a skilled workforce to reach that goal. By investing in science, technology, engineering and math education, we are ensuring our students are prepared for the jobs of the future. Our teachers are essential to preparing our students.
~ Rick Scott
We have a massive shortage of engineers and one of the big glaring holes is that we have so few women doing engineering - it's less than 10 per cent of the workforce.
~ Jo Swinson
The core of what I do is solve problems, whether that's in graphic engine flow or rockets. I like working on things that are going to have an impact one way or the other.
~ John Carmack
I used to be a computer engineer, and I can make really good code, and we can make systems that work really well, and we can make the application a great experience, but when you have to translate bits to atoms, you need folks who are used to working with city governments, with state governments, and so I like to say we're in a political campaign.
~ Travis Kalanick
I enjoy working on anything mechanical.
~ Guy Martin
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.
~ Herbert Hoover
I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it's not just for a select group of people.
~ Ellen Ochoa