Engineering Quotes

I have been a working man myself, and I know the value of a good education.

The reaper shall harvest the fields of tomorrow as surely as the sun rises.

Success is 99% failure.

I don't know if I'm a good manager, but I'm a good driver. And I know how to make a car go fast.

The one thing that we can do to make life more livable, more enjoyable, more productive, is to make it more efficient.

The rocket is the only way to reach the stars.

There's no reason why we shouldn't have a television set in every home in the country.

I have been called the 'Father of Radio' and 'Grandfather of Television.' I am not sure I deserve either title, but I have tried to do my best.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

It is not the man who has done the most, but the man who has done the best, that is to be honored.

My engine is not merely a machine; it is a principle, a new way of converting heat into work.

The moment I saw the effect of the steam engine, I felt that I had discovered the means of giving to the world a new and important mode of navigation.

Just as the sun's light penetrates the darkest corners, so too shall the printed word illuminate the minds of men.

I have made a machine which, when the sun declines, causes a bird to sing, and when the sun rises, causes a bird to sing again.

The sky is like a hen's egg, and is all of it; the earth is like the yolk of the egg, and is in the center of the sphere.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

The Diesel engine is not merely an improvement, but a new departure in the field of prime movers.

The love of inventing never dies.

From the making of these things, the intelligent man will derive pleasure and profit, and he will be able to make similar devices for himself.