„I have not failed, but found 1000 ways to not make a light bulb.”

Thomas Edison

„I don’t spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.”

Elon Musk

„A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

Douglas Adams
 

„The engineer’s first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is.”

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„Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.”

Sir Henry Royce
 

„Projects we have completed demonstrate what we know - future projects decide what we will learn.”

Dr Mohsin Tiwana

„Math is my Passion. Engineering is my Profession.”

Wilfred James Dolor

„Engineering or technology is the making of things that did not previously exist, whereas science is the discovering of things that have long existed."

David Billington
 

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

Kit Williams

„Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.”

Thomas Tredgold

„The scientist discovers a new type of material or energy and the engineer discovers a new use for it.”

Gordon Lindsay Glegg

„Engineering is quite different from science. Scientists try to understand nature. Engineers try to make things that do not exist in nature.”

Yuan-Cheng Fung
 

„The story of civilisation is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man’s good.”

Lyon Sprague DeCamp

„The fewer moving parts, the better." "Exactly. No truer words were ever spoken in the context of engineering.”

Christian Cantrell

„Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world.”

Isaac Asimov