Quotes about Engineering

Engineering stimulates the mind. Votes: 4

Engineering is a great profession. Votes: 4

Engineering is the art or science of making practical. Votes: 4

Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world. Votes: 4

One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word. Votes: 4

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources. Votes: 4

Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer. Votes: 4

Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering. Votes: 4

Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent - not with how things are but with how they might be - in short, with design. Votes: 4

Engineering is a creative practice. Votes: 3

Architecture begins where engineering ends. Votes: 3

Engineering without imagination sinks to a trade. Votes: 3

Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure. Votes: 3

Engineering is a fantastic base for any career. Votes: 3

Engineering is too important to wait for science. Votes: 3

Engineering is not quite as important as imagination Votes: 3

Engineering is a predictive science, not a manipulative art. Votes: 3

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering. Votes: 3

Engineering is merely the slow younger brother of physics. Votes: 3

Engineering is easy - it's the people problems that are hard. Votes: 3

Engineering is a jeans and hoodie culture, and sales is more formal. Votes: 3

Social Engineering - The art of replacing what works with what sounds good. Votes: 3

Engineering, I think you can pick up. [A data scientist's] curiosity is built-in Votes: 3

In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology. Votes: 3

Scientists study the world as it is, engineers create the world that never has been. Votes: 3

Software Engineering is that part of Computer Science which is too difficult for the Computer Scientist. Votes: 3

Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth. Votes: 3

Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man. Votes: 3

Engineering is treated with disdain, on the whole. It's considered to be rather boring and irrelevant, yet neither of those is true. Votes: 3

Engineering college students should be encouraged to start entrepreneurial ventures in their second year itself. It is safer to fail while in college. Votes: 3

Engineering is not only study of 45 subjects but it is moral studies of intellectual life. Make things as simple as possible..but not simpler. Votes: 3

Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence. Votes: 3

Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mix down. Votes: 3

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports. Votes: 3

Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc. Votes: 3

Science is the study of what Is, Engineering builds what Will Be. The scientist merely explores that which exists, while the engineer creates what has never existed before. Votes: 3

Hedonic Engineering -- The human nervous system studying and improving itself: intelligence studying and improving intelligence. Why be depressed, dumb, and agitated when you can be happy, smart, and tranquil? Votes: 3

Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a creative activity, involving imagination, intuition and deliberate choice. Votes: 3

I hated science in high school. Technology? Engineering? Math? Why would I ever need this? Little did I realize that music was also about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, all rolled into one. Votes: 3

It's hard to do that with people who think emotionally. A lot of people think in terms of people, emotions, and feelings. That's more complicated. Engineering mentality makes it, in theory, a little easier. Votes: 3

I am looking at opening a school of social engineering. The McAfee School of Social Engineering has a nice ring to it. Beyond that, it is hard to say what life will bring my way. Votes: 3

Let's face it: Engineering companies in general have more men than women. Google has tried really hard to recruit women. On the other hand, we have a standard. Google tries to recruit the best engineers. Votes: 3

Engineering is not a science. Science studies particular events to find general laws. Engineering design makes use of the laws to solve particular practical problems. In this it is more closely related to art or craft. Votes: 3

Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things. When the schools can offer that, you'll have an engineer for life. Votes: 3

To Monsieur Eiffel the Engineer, the brave builder of so gigantic and original a specimen of modern Engineering from one who has the greatest respect and admiration for all Engineers including the Great Engineer the Bon Dieu. Votes: 3

Engineering training deals with the exact sciences. That sort of exactness makes for truth and conscience. It might be good for the world if more men had that sort of mental start in life even if they did not pursue the profession. Votes: 3

Engineering, like poetry, is an attempt to approach perfection. And engineers, like poets, are seldom completely satisfied with their creations. They notice, even if no one else does, the world that is not quite le mot juste, or the hairline crack that blemishes the structure. Votes: 3

A problem well stated is a problem half-solved. Votes: 2

An algorithm must be seen to be believed. Votes: 2

I like engineering, but I love the creative input. Votes: 2

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. Votes: 2

Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail. Votes: 2

Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes. Votes: 2

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. Votes: 2

It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering. Votes: 2

When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart. Votes: 2

Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world. Votes: 2

Information theory began as a bridge from mathematics to electrical engineering and from there to computing. Votes: 2

My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English. Votes: 2

There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration. Votes: 2

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Votes: 2

I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems. Votes: 2

I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology. Votes: 2

There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind. Votes: 2

The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network. Votes: 2

The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the 'engineering of consent' by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays. Votes: 2

After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics. Votes: 2

And then, when I went into the Navy, there was no choice. You took about half of the hours during your naval training as naval courses and the other half were engineering. Votes: 2

I was in school studying civil engineering. A guy approached me on the street and said that I had a interesting look-very exotic. He told me I should try to be in the industry. Votes: 2

My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me. Votes: 2

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering. Votes: 2

In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.' Votes: 2

We are victims of the post-Enlightenment view that the world functions like a sophisticated machine, to be understood like a textbook engineering problem and run by wonks. In other words, like a home appliance, not like the human body. Votes: 2

A good engineering interview will include some set of difficult problems to solve. It might even require that the candidate write a short program. In addition, it will test the candidate's knowledge of the tools she uses in great depth. Votes: 2

The inspirational value of the space program is probably of far greater importance to education than any input of dollars... A whole generation is growing up which has been attracted to the hard disciplines of science and engineering by the romance of space. Votes: 2

With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic code. Votes: 2

I use minimal software to make my music - a wav editor and a calculator for my beats to make sure everything falls on mathematical precision. If you were just mapping this out visually, it works by math. I guess it's slightly engineering influenced. Votes: 2

The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and that's where I found my material, in the everyday struggle between capitalism and grace. Being broke and tired, you don't come home your best self. Votes: 2

Brave New World' dealt with a kind of proto-genetic engineering of the unborn, through really, as many dystopias do, it dealt with totalitarianism. The 1997 film 'Gattaca' updated 'Brave New World,' bringing us to a future where genetic testing determined your job, your wealth, your status in life. Votes: 2

Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people. Votes: 2

We have grown accustomed to the wonders of clean water, indoor plumbing, laser surgery, genetic engineering, artificial joints, replacement body parts, and the much longer lives that accompany them. Yet we should remember that the vast majority of humans ever born died before the age of 10 from an infectious disease. Votes: 2

The engineering is long gone in most PC companies. In the consumer electronics companies, they don't understand the software parts of it. And so you really can't make the products that you can make at Apple anywhere else right now. Apple's the only company that has everything under one roof. Votes: 2

It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific. Votes: 2

Automobiles have always been part of my life, and I'm sure they always will be. What is it about them that moves me? The sound of a great engine, the unity and uniqueness of an automobile's engineering and coachwork, the history of the company and the car, and, of course, the sheer beauty of the thing. Votes: 2

I'm in two modes when I'm on Lanai: In engineering mode, I'm trying to find the right place for the reservoir and the desalination plant, and looking at designs for new hotel rooms. The rest of the time, I'm in decompression mode. I'm on Hulopoe Beach, going for a swim, or on my paddleboard surrounded by 100 spinner dolphins. Votes: 2

Especially girls, but any kids exposed to music programs and arts programs do much better on their tests. They have a better chance of going to college. They can focus better. You know, we're not just automatons learning how to work machines and do engineering and math and science. All of that's great, but you've got to build a whole person. Votes: 2

It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings jobs and homes to men. Then it elevates the standards of living and adds to the comforts of life. That is the engineer's high privilege. Votes: 2

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them Votes: 1

The engineer has been, and is, a maker of history Votes: 1

Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been Votes: 1

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems Votes: 1

Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it Votes: 1

Software engineering economics. Votes: 0

Copying is about reverse-engineering. Votes: 0

Bold objects require conservative engineering. Votes: 0

Death is an engineering problem. Votes: 0

Meditation is the best engineering. Votes: 0

I do engineering, not religion. Votes: 0

The engineering is secondary to the vision. Votes: 0

Social engineering bypasses all technologies, including firewalls. Votes: 0

Style is engineering that gives you freedom. Votes: 0

The greatest engineering is the engineering of men. Votes: 0

Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing. Votes: 0

Over-engineering can create products too complex to use. Votes: 0

One person's "paranoia" is another person's "engineering redundancy." Votes: 0

I'm quite into the idea of engineering being beautiful. Votes: 0

Happiness is German engineering, Italian cooking, and Belgian chocolate. Votes: 0

The more physics you have the less engineering you need. Votes: 0

I don't know technology and engineering. I don't know accounting. Votes: 0

Progress is cumulative in science and engineering, but cyclical in finance. Votes: 0

So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed. Votes: 0

What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel. Votes: 0

I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948. Votes: 0

You can do reverse engineering, but you can't do reverse hacking. Votes: 0

The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds. Votes: 0

I was going to engineering school but fell in love with physics. Votes: 0

Environmental spending creates jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction, materials, operations and maintenance. Votes: 0

Don't ask me to put up a shelf, but I love engineering. Votes: 0

Incurable diseases will eventually force mankind to justify disruptive nanotech and genetic engineering. Votes: 0

Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose. Votes: 0

Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience. Votes: 0

I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso. Votes: 0

Enlightened social engineering is required to face situations that demand global action now. Votes: 0

Art and design are not luxuries, nor somehow incompatible with science and engineering, Votes: 0

No one expected a first year engineering student to build the perfect bridge. Votes: 0

I know how tough engineering school can really be, but it's worth it. Votes: 0

If I were 21 years old, I would go into biotechnology or genetic engineering. Votes: 0

What's nice about having an engineering degree is everybody thinks you are smart. Votes: 0

Software engineering is not about right and wrong but only better and worse Votes: 0

I look most like myself... when I'm wearing my black, nerdy engineering glasses. Votes: 0

Pools have their own uniqueness, design and engineering to depict culture, history or innovation. Votes: 0

For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math. Votes: 0

... engineering is a basic instinct in man, the expression of which is existentially fulfilling. Votes: 0

Genetic engineering has never been about saving the world, it's about controlling the world. Votes: 0

For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction. Votes: 0

Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering. Votes: 0

British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class. Votes: 0

Once confined to fantasy and science fiction, time travel is now simply an engineering problem. Votes: 0

Many of the engineers I interviewed worked on reverse-engineering technology. It's a hallmark of Area 51. Votes: 0

I believe in the unlimited power of women in the context of science and engineering. Votes: 0

Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process. Votes: 0

Man is a creative animal, doomed to strive toward a goal, engaged in full-time engineering. Votes: 0

I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me. Votes: 0

Economic engineering is about the design and analysis of frameworks for achieving specific economic objectives. Votes: 0

Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it. Votes: 0

Most people who sneer at technology would starve to death if the engineering infrastructure were removed. Votes: 0

Failure is Central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Votes: 0

My father would not pay for me to study anything but engineering or math in college. Votes: 0

Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology. Votes: 0

So far we have done too much of 'spatial engineering'. The real thing is 'non-spatial engineering'. Votes: 0

In science, technology, engineering and mathematics, men far outnumber women in the classroom and the boardroom. Votes: 0

The theory of mechanism design can be thought of as the 'engineering' side of economic theory. Votes: 0

Basically, if I have no intention of using a service then I won't bother reverse-engineering it. Votes: 0

To succeed at re-engineering, you have to be a missionary, a motivator, and a leg breaker. Votes: 0

Basically, if I have no intention of using a service then I won't bother reverse-engineering it. Votes: 0

Skype has a great engineering team, which I like to describe as 'all of Estonia.' Votes: 0

I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc. Votes: 0

Aggression, like every other part of human behavior we take for granted, is a challenging engineering problem! Votes: 0

In the hands of a genius, engineering turns to magic, philosophy becomes poetry, and science pure imagination. Votes: 0

What we usually consider as impossible are simply engineering problems... there's no law of physics preventing them. Votes: 0

There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration. Votes: 0

It is a simple feat of scientific electrical engineering "” only expensive "” blind, faint-hearted, doubting world. Votes: 0

I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc. Votes: 0

The Romans spent the next 200 years using their great engineering skill to construct ruins all over Europe. Votes: 0

Anyone with an engineering frame of mind will look at [accounting standards] and want to throw up. Votes: 0

If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for? Votes: 0

Genetic engineering is a result of science advancement, so I don't think that in itself is bad. Votes: 0

I went to Carnegie Mellon and was an electrical engineer, but electrical engineering wasn't right for me. Votes: 0

The biggest engineering companies, like Schlumberger, Halliburton and others, have technology they spent billions of dollars developing. Votes: 0

A classic engineering mistake and one I've made is confusing what is hard and what is valuable. Votes: 0

Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting. Votes: 0

The switch from 'steam engines' to 'heat engines' signals the transition from engineering practice to theoretical science. Votes: 0

An important re-engineering principle is that companies should focus on their core competence and outsource everything else. Votes: 0

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway. Votes: 0

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species may literally collapse. Votes: 0

Great triumphs of engineering genius-the locomotive, the truss bridge, the steel rail- ... are rather invention than engineering proper. Votes: 0

Millennias old lies can be gradually accepted as truth.This is the real ultimate power of historical engineering. Votes: 0

The central activity of engineering, as distinguished from science, is the design of new devices, processes and systems. Votes: 0

Google has helped raise the importance of DNS above the network engineering community, which has been really good. Votes: 0

At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession. Votes: 0

The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest. Votes: 0

Spread the truth-the laws of economics are like the laws of engineering. One set of laws works everywhere. Votes: 0

Basically, if reverse engineering is banned, then a lot of the open source community is doomed to fail. Votes: 0

It doesn't help to just get women's opinions and then turn them over to an all-white-male engineering team. Votes: 0

The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise... Votes: 0

Basically, if reverse engineering is banned, then a lot of the open source community is doomed to fail. Votes: 0

Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist. Votes: 0

The advance of genetic engineering makes it quite conceivable that we will begin to design our own evolutionary progress. Votes: 0

Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind. Votes: 0

Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity is needed once again. Votes: 0

A country's competitiveness starts not on the factory floor or in the engineering lab. It starts in the classroom. Votes: 0

One of the great inventions of the twentieth century was the studied, methodical engineering of myth for political ends. Votes: 0

India has the opportunity to be a leader in genetic engineering, It has institutions that no other country has. Votes: 0

Productivity is most important by engineering management rules, but enjoyment is most important for engineers. One stems from the other. Votes: 0

The 19th century was the great period of engineering, thanks to the railways, thanks to lots of discoveries in metallurgy. Votes: 0

Never in the annals of software engineering was so much owed by so many to so few lines of code Votes: 0

All attempts at artificial aviation are not only dangerous to human life, but foredoomed to failure from the engineering standpoint. Votes: 0

Most of our competitors were one-product wonders... They would do their one product, but never get their engineering sorted out. Votes: 0

You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art. Votes: 0

The heel is engineering in itself. This little thing that supports the human weight has to have a precise balance. Votes: 0

I've never seen a job being done by a five-hundred-person engineering team that couldn't be done better by fifty people. Votes: 0

It's an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes. Votes: 0

The environmental crisis has deep spiritual, philosophical, and religious roots and causes. It is not merely the result of bad engineering. Votes: 0

Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering. Votes: 0

Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst. Votes: 0

First rule of engineering; beware prototypes. Along with, avoid anything made by an engineer who doesn't have all his own fingers. Votes: 0

Good engineering is characterized by gradual, stepwise refinement of products that yields increased performance under given constraints and with given resources. Votes: 0

The Fukushima nuclear complex went on to become the worst man-made engineering disaster in all of human history, outside of war. Votes: 0

The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship between the small and the large. Votes: 0

I have succeeded in getting my actual work down to thirty minutes a day. That leaves me eighteen hours for engineering. Votes: 0

I went to a school that's predominantly computer science and engineering. So, there's a real shortage of hot girls, let's say. Votes: 0

The notion that better engineering can solve all our problems is rooted in an ignorance of non-linear systems and selective/wishful thinking. Votes: 0

I was attracted to things that combined art and science equally. I've always been equally interested in art design, science and engineering. Votes: 0

My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte. Votes: 0

Advanced engineering always, like advanced everything else, brings down upon it the discredit of ridicule of minds who cannot see so far. Votes: 0

We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing. Votes: 0

Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing. Votes: 0

Communication is like the basics of mechanical engineering, the more moving parts you have the more likely it is to break down! Votes: 0

I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering. Votes: 0

Many people think all I do is some random engineering work in between caving expeditions. It's been far more deliberate than that. Votes: 0

I strive to create drum samples that have a variety of engineering and capturing options in order to build a unique drum sound. Votes: 0

I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso. There is art everywhere, murals on the walls. It's beautiful. Votes: 0

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound Votes: 0

Today, over half of China's undergraduate degrees are in math, science technology and engineering, yet only 16 percent of America's undergraduates pursue these schools. Votes: 0

I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven. Votes: 0

I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through. Votes: 0

Climate protection creates sustainability and jobs in the real economy - in construction, in the production of heavy machinery and in systems engineering. Votes: 0

Changes to weather patterns that move crop production areas around - we'll adapt to that. It's an engineering problem, and it has engineering solutions. Votes: 0

Thirty percent of Americans have German blood in their family. I don't see any major difference in the engineering abilities of Americans and Germans. Votes: 0

Law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. Votes: 0

Companies like I.B.M. have offered women scholarships to study engineering for years, and women engineers routinely get higher starting salaries than men. Votes: 0

[Software engineering is the] establishment and use of sound engineering principles to obtain economically software that is reliable and works on real machines efficiently. Votes: 0

For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation. Votes: 0

I'm fascinated by steam engines and with Victorian engineering generally, and as a corollary to that, I'm fascinated by the idea of long-lived technologies. Votes: 0

Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly. Votes: 0

I've always disliked words like inspiration. Writing is probably like a scientist thinking about some scientific problem, or an engineer about an engineering problem. Votes: 0

Biological engineering is not necessarily understanding systems but rather, I want to be able to design and build biological systems to perform particular applications. Votes: 0

Most people don't realize that it's not just minorities who don't do well in science and engineering - quite frankly, you're talking about Americans. Votes: 0

I don't know why I always liked aerospace engineering. I was in the 10th grade when I figured that's what I wanted to do. Votes: 0

I admire Miken's exceptional engineering capabilities and was drawn to their passion for hockey and drive to be the best in all they do. Votes: 0

You may be in a medical or engineering college, but not all will stand first in class. It depends on who studies the most. Votes: 0

Proper accounting is like engineering. You need a margin of safety. Thank God we don't design bridges and airplanes the way we do accounting. Votes: 0

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby. Votes: 0

All the traditional STEM fields, the science, technology, engineering, and math fields, are stoked when you dream big in an agency such as NASA. Votes: 0

In the next decade we plan to create the first gender balance engineering school in Africa. We believe women should be part of the solution. Votes: 0

Transhumanism is the ethics and science of using things like biological and genetic engineering to transform our bodies and make us a more powerful species. Votes: 0

Some survived due to advancements in engineering. Personally I'd take a vaccine over living in an iron lung. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/what-america-looked-like-polio-children-paralyzed-in-iron-lungs/251098/ Votes: 0

Social engineering,' the fancy term for tricking you into giving away your digital secrets, is at least as great a threat as spooky technology. Votes: 0

I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them. Votes: 0

Modern genetic engineering makes producing GMO food products relatively easy. GMOs can improve crop yield and greatly enhance the nutritional value of those same crops. Votes: 0

C-68 has little to do with gun control or crime control, but it is the first step necessary to begin the social re-engineering of Canada. Votes: 0

Inadequate use of usability engineering methods in software development projects have been estimated to cost the US economy about $30 billion per year in lost productivity. Votes: 0

The most troublesome problem which confronts social engineering is how to provide for the untalented and, what is equally important, how to provide against them. Votes: 0

Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline. Votes: 0

Real men study law and engineering, while ideas and values are for sissies. The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name. Votes: 0

We need all hands on deck, and that means clearing hurdles for women and girls as they navigate careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. Votes: 0

Techniques such as genetic engineering, psychoactive drugs and electronic control of the brain make possible a transformation of the species into docile, fully-obedient, 'safe' organisms. Votes: 0

To strive consciously for an object and to engage in engineering -- that is, incessantly and eternally to make new roads, wherever they may lead. Votes: 0

I loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end up doing MBA, engineering or medicine. Votes: 0

But while doing that I'd been following a variety of fields in science and technology, including the work in molecular biology, genetic engineering, and so forth. Votes: 0

Any person or organization depends ultimately on public approval, and is therefore faced with the problem of engineering the public's consent to a program or goal. Votes: 0

I've had training in electronics engineering, of all things, and in languages. But I've never taken any degree, something I share with Lewis Mumford, I think. Votes: 0

You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance. Votes: 0

Government has ceased to mean upholding and reinforcing the traditional rights and morals of the governed; it now means compulsion in the service of social engineering. Votes: 0

Dropbox sweats the user experience details as commendably as it masters the considerable engineering challenges required to reliably sync files everywhere a user may need them. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The transition from the concept of information in the technical (communication engineering) sense to the semantic (theory of meaning) sense was indeed difficult, if not impossible. Votes: 0

This is a global fight to get the right people in the right place and we're talking about people with PhDs in engineering, computer science, mathematics. Votes: 0

I would staple a green card to the diploma of anyone that graduates with a degree in the physical sciences or engineering in the U.S. Votes: 0

Historically, the British have always been rather wary of grand engineering projects - perhaps understandably, given that many of them have been delivered late and over budget. Votes: 0

Only when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about the nature of the world. Votes: 0

Virtually any pointed edifice is considered a candidate for alien engineering. After all, how could the Egyptians or Mayans have possibly stacked up stone blocks into pyramids? Votes: 0

Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty. Votes: 0

I have long aspired to make our company a noble prototype of industry, penetrating in science, reliable in engineering, creative in aesthetics and wholesomely prosperous in economics. Votes: 0

Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail. Votes: 0

[M]anufacturing, science and engineering are ... incredibly creative. I'd venture to say more so than creative advertising agencies and things that are known as the creative industries. Votes: 0

I think we can question whether degrees are antediluvian. Online learning has flexibility. Why not master courses in energy, writing, communications, and engineering and get a credential? Votes: 0

I think we can question whether degrees are antediluvian. Online learning has flexibility. Why not master courses in energy, writing, communications, and engineering and get a credential?" Votes: 0

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation. Votes: 0

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing. Votes: 0

George Washington was quite a farmer. He was a farmer, Civil Engineer and gentleman. He made enough at civil engineering to indulge in both the other luxuries. Votes: 0

I have no degree in biochemistry, neither do I have one in mechanical engineering, as the Army saw fit to terminate both courses before they were finished. Votes: 0

I reckon that the Bailey Bridge and the bulldozer were the greatest advances in military engineering in the years between World War I and World War II. Votes: 0

Recession doesn't deserve the right to exist. There are just too many things to be done in science and engineering to be bogged down by temporary economic dislocations. Votes: 0

No matter what engineering field you're in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it. Votes: 0

The question of engineering should be of interest not only to those of us who are engineers, but to the entire public which lives in an engineering world Votes: 0

The same undisciplined government spending and social engineering that has undermined our economy over the past 30 years has also been tearing at the social fabric of this land. Votes: 0

To define it rudely but not inaptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar which any bungler can do with two after a fashion. Votes: 0

We have a company, Geometric Software, which is into engineering services software. We have a company called Nature's Basket, which is into gourmet retailing. Both are specialized companies. Votes: 0

I worked with such concentration and focus and I had hundreds of obscure engineering or programming things in my head. I was just real exceptional in that way Votes: 0

This is not the internet the world needs, or the internet its creators envisioned. We need to take it back. And by we, I mean the engineering community. Votes: 0

The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good. Votes: 0

During dark times, real entrepreneurs come out. They are not competing with 10 look-alike companies for engineering talent, so it's a great time to invest and help build companies. Votes: 0

I worked with such concentration and focus and I had hundreds of obscure engineering or programming things in my head. I was just real exceptional in that way. Votes: 0

You have the insanity that is geo-engineering which is a case in which you say the planet is heating up. Let's spray some aerosol and cool it down. Votes: 0

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships. Votes: 0

There's an old joke that you know you're in heaven if the cooks are Italian and the engineering is German. If it's the other way around you're in hell. Votes: 0

The purpose of a business is to get and keep a customer. Without customers, no amount of engineering wizardry, clever financing, or operations expertise can keep a company going. Votes: 0

Hey, if I had my choice for social engineering, I'd declare an automatic R-rating for any movie that depicts television commercials. There's a truly dangerous influence on our children. Votes: 0

Our vision is to rediscover the spirit of the Renaissance, create a new discipline where engineering for cultural heritage is actually a symbol of blending art and science together. Votes: 0

If we want to get beyond this whole I'm-cool-because-I-care-about-women thing, what we really need to do is we have to start encouraging women to get engineering degrees in college. Votes: 0

What's gotten in the way of education in the United States is a theory of social engineering that says there is ONE RIGHT WAY to proceed with growing up. Votes: 0

Let's not be optimistic in the irreversibly irresponsible way that tends to happen with the crazies of geo-engineering. But let's talk about what sorts of changes we can make. Votes: 0

I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music. Votes: 0

I was always intrigued when I was growing up, and then in engineering school, with the idea of a perpetual machine. I think of the Wal-Mart culture as that. Votes: 0

I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the calculated result, it is a meaningless number. Votes: 0

The Reservoir plan is an engineering mechanism applied to the field of economics, and in its essence it has nothing to do with democracy or any other political philosophy. Votes: 0

Any impatient student of mathematics or science or engineering who is irked by having algebraic symbolism thrust upon him should try to get along without it for a week. Votes: 0

...governments, including free and democratic governments, are not really friendly to freedom and democracy. They abhor any rule of law that limits their powers and penchant for social engineering. Votes: 0

The commodity price easing really does not play too much role in our margins because our basic raw material - steel - is not really a commodities engineering steel. Votes: 0

I was in chemical engineering at Cornell University. My girlfriend at the time dared me to do a play. I knew there was something I wanted, not necessarily engineering. Votes: 0

At MakerBot, we joke that if we were engineers we would still be on our first prototype. There's something about just 'Doing it”iteration is a way of engineering. Votes: 0

I didn't write because in the corps I took mining engineering of all things and, you know, they, they graduate a mining engineer as a sort of an illiterate. Votes: 0

The hallmark of the Renaissance was its holistic quality as all fields of art, engineering, science and culture shared the same exciting spirit and many of the same intellectual principles. Votes: 0

In 1960, I enrolled in the chemical engineering program at UNAM, as this was then the closest way to become a physical chemist, taking math-oriented courses not available to chemistry majors. Votes: 0

Science, math and engineering can give you the exhilarating power to become not mere spectators or consumers, but the active explorers, makers and doers who will help invent the future. Votes: 0

A system needs to be alive and workable even when other people than the first enthusiasts start using it. Reinvention and revolution are enthusiast stuff. Invention and evolution are engineering. Votes: 0

I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music.' Votes: 0

I had no intention of being a film producer, and I knew I wasn't passionate about engineering. I was always set on having my own business, controlling my own destiny. Votes: 0

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection. Votes: 0

You have students in America, in Britain, who do not want to be engineers. Perhaps it is the workload, I studied engineering, and I know what a grind it is. Votes: 0

PayPal once rejected a candidate who aced all the engineering tests because for fun, the guy said that he liked to play hoops. That single sentence lost him the job. Votes: 0

Genetic engineering is a result of science advancement, so I don't think that in itself is bad. If used wisely, genetics can be beneficial, but they can be abused, too. Votes: 0

The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design. Votes: 0

If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble. Votes: 0

In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian. Votes: 0

I believe that Detroit has a terrific geographic position. It still is a hub of one of the most important industries in the world. There's incredible engineering and other talent. Votes: 0

Social engineering is using deception, manipulation and influence to convince a human who has access to a computer system to do something, like click on an attachment in an e-mail. Votes: 0

Building on our successful partnership, we can now bring together the best of Microsoft's software engineering with the best of Nokia's product engineering, award-winning design, and global sales, marketing and manufacturing, Votes: 0

At the fourth grade level, girls at the same percentages of boys say they're interested in careers in engineering or math or astrophysics, but by eighth grade that has dropped precipitously. Votes: 0

But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering. Votes: 0

The machine code of the genes is uncannily computer-like. Apart from differences in jargon, the pages of a molecular biology journal might be interchanged with those of a computer engineering journal. Votes: 0

In engineering, that only is great which achieves. It matters not what the intention is, he who in the day of battle is not victorious is not saved by his intention. Votes: 0

I've always written. I'm from an older generation of programmers [who] did not come out of engineering. [A]ll sorts of people were drawn in from the social sciences and humanities. Votes: 0

The neutrality and clarity of an engineering drawing is a better model for teaching about art than all the uncontrollable drivel about the cabbala and metaphysics and the ecstasy of sainthood. Votes: 0

We are intelligent atoms. We are intelligent organic structures. We can change who we are. We can heal ourselves. With genetic engineering, we are considering changing the physiological structure of the body. Votes: 0

Full employment is a socially hazardous goal. In effect, it aspires to restore through political expedients the pre-industrial state of toil that science, engineering, technology and modern management are pledged to overcome. Votes: 0

Science is concerned with what is possible while engineering is concerned with choosing, from among the many possible ways, one that meets a number of often poorly stated economic and practical objectives. Votes: 0

The social and physical construction of suburban America really was quite complex. It was a very elaborate system, and clearly a massive social engineering project that has changed U.S. society enormously. Votes: 0

Unless you took courses in architecture, engineering, or pre-med, the rest of your liberal arts education hardly prepares you for life as the business warrior and champion you envision yourself to be. Votes: 0

I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 15, 1916. My father, an electrical engineer, had come to the United States in 1903 after earning his engineering diploma at the Technische Hochschule of Darmstadt, Germany. Votes: 0

I don't really like to talk specifically about customers by name - but we work with nearly all the leading manufacturers of consumer products worldwide and at quite a detailed engineering level. Votes: 0

For the personality, bankruptcy or failure may be a disaster. For the soul, it may be grist for its strangely joyful mill, and a condition it has been secretly engineering for years. Votes: 0

A beaver does not, as legend would have it, know which direction the tree will fall when he cuts it, but counts on alacrity to make up for lack of engineering expertise. Votes: 0

The form a city assumes as it evolves over time owes more to large-scale works of civil engineering - what we now call infrastructure - than almost any other factor save topography. Votes: 0

Asian countries produce eight times as many engineering bachelors as the United States, and the number of U.S. students graduating at the masters and PhD levels in these areas is declining. Votes: 0

My stories are pretty simplistic, but the characters are always complex and always right, and that comes from the script and my research and reverse-engineering what I find in the real world. Votes: 0

If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. Votes: 0

I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child. Votes: 0

I heard 'More Than A Feeling' for the first time when somebody came running into my office in the engineering department and said, 'Your song's on the radio in the drafting department!' Votes: 0

I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody's going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there's also so many other people who contribute to a great meal. Votes: 0

The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has been done, which has not been completed yet. Votes: 0

There's a reasonable amount of traction in college education, particularly engineering, because quite a lot of that is privatized, so there is an incentive to set up new colleges of reasonably high quality. Votes: 0

Conservatives have a deeper intellect and tend to have occupations of the brain in fields like engineering, science, and economics. Liberals, on the other hand, tend to flock to occupations of the heart. Votes: 0

In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science. Votes: 0

No matter that astronauts and cosmonauts had perished in precisely designed and carefully tested machines. Solid engineering could always provide a safety margin, because the engineers believed, there was complete safety in numbers. Votes: 0

Someone will always want to mobilize Death on a massive scale for economic Domination or revenge. And the task, taken As a task, appeals to the imagination. The military is an engineering profession. Votes: 0

We are being colonised without New Zealanders having some say in the numbers of people coming in and where they are coming from. This is a deliberate policy of ethnic engineering and re-population. Votes: 0

Persons who reach the higher rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting, and in every other pursuit get there by following conscientiously and continuously a plan for self-development and growth. Votes: 0

Today's water institutions-the policies and laws, government agencies and planning and engineering practices that shape patterns of water use-are steeped in a supply-side management philosophy no longer appropriate to solving today's water problems. Votes: 0

I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called to Louisiana. And they did a magnificent job. Votes: 0

There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy. Votes: 0

If you assume continuity, you can open the well-stocked mathematical toolkit of continuous functions and differential equations, the saws and hammers of engineering and physics for the past two centuries (and the foreseeable future). Votes: 0

At their best, at their most creative, science and engineering are attributes of liberty-noble expressions of man's God-given right to investigate and explore the universe without fear of social or political or religious reprisals. Votes: 0

In 1955, I got my degree in electrical-mechanical engineering. I realised, however, that my interest was less in practical applications than in the understanding of the underlying theoretical structure, and I decided to learn physics. Votes: 0

Companies want to innovate. Companies that don't innovate wither on the vine. The connection between STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and the financial stability of a nation is what needs to established. Votes: 0

Liberals say they are for civil liberties and personal freedom, but they continue to advocate government regulation of business, redistribution of wealth, and various forms of social engineering to manipulate human relationships and attitudes. Votes: 0

My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Votes: 0

The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers." Votes: 0

The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers. Votes: 0

Software is definitely engineering. It's different in that we take on novel tasks every time. It's not like building a certain bridge that is virtually identical to some previous bridge or some previous building. Votes: 0

Even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15% of one's financial success is due one's technical knowledge and about 85% is due to skill in human engineering, to personality and the ability to lead people. Votes: 0

I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism -- that some new drug, or the next election or the latest in social engineering will solve everything. Votes: 0

The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else. Votes: 0

In engineering, people have a big margin of safety. But in the financial world, people don't give a damn about safety. They let it balloon and balloon and balloon. It's aided by false accounting. Votes: 0

At Stanford, we teach 'design thinking' - that is, we put together small, interdisciplinary groups to figure out what the true needs are and then to apply the art of engineering to serve them. Votes: 0

I do think it is very important that the religious communities do try to bring their teachings and their insights to bear on the stem cell debate and on the debate about genetic engineering. Votes: 0

Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britain's scientific competitiveness. Votes: 0

A company that cannot successfully implement the 5S's cannot expect to effectively integrate JIT, re-engineering, or any other large-scale change. Good workplaces develop beginning with the 5S's. Bad workplaces fall apart beginning with the 5S's. Votes: 0

Writing a class without its contract would be similar to producing an engineering component (electrical circuit, VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) chip, bridge, engine...) without a spec. No professional engineer would even consider the idea. Votes: 0

I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depression, my scholarship came to an end, and it was necessary to work to supplement the family income. Votes: 0

If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity. I think the principles of creative leadership apply everywhere, whether it's an advertising company or whether you're running a hospital. Votes: 0

A fly with a brain the size of a salt grain has the behavioral repertoire nearly as complex as a much larger animal such as a mouse. That's a super-interesting problem from an engineering perspective. Votes: 0

Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic nucleus has required the development and construction of great instruments on an engineering scale. Votes: 0

But not only medicine, engineering, and painting are arts; living itself is an art in fact, the most important and at the same time the most difficult and complex art to be practiced by man. Votes: 0

I think of modern marriage as a car strangely fashioned out of an old abandoned horse carriage, built upon the framework of a mule cart. All the original engineering is still there, underneath it all. Votes: 0

Bear in mind that we [ with Edward Herman] did not devise the terms "manufacture of consent" and "engineering of consent." We borrowed them from leading figures in the media, public relations industry, and academic scholarship. Votes: 0

In the first 27 years of my life, I never had written a single non-technical word. I went to engineering college and went to business school. I never knew I could write fiction of any form. Votes: 0

All the food we eat, whether Brussels sprouts or pork bellies, has been modified by mankind. Genetic engineering is only one particularly powerful way to do what we have been doing for eleven thousand years. Votes: 0

I am trying to get at the moral arguments and the ethical status of various attempts at enhancement, or genetic engineering, or the bid for designer children. But there are implications for society at large. Votes: 0

A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that the spiritual goods on one side-the 'unsearchable riches of Christ' - are actually transported into personal lives upon the other. Votes: 0

The definition of 'safe' is not strictly an engineering term; it's a societal term. Does it mean absolutely no loss of life? Does it mean absolutely no contamination with radiation? What exactly does 'safe' mean? Votes: 0

Globalisation means that for a high-wage, developed economy like Britain's to compete we need to focus our efforts on the highly skilled, added-value sectors such as advanced manufacturing, creative industries, engineering and even financial services. Votes: 0