Engineering Quotes

It is not the machine that thinks, but the man who directs it.

It is not necessary to be a horse to be a jockey.

Have I done the world good, or have I added a menace?

The principle of the hydraulic organ is that air, forced through pipes of different lengths, will produce different musical notes.

I am not, I think, a man of very strong prejudices, but I confess I have a strong prejudice against the word 'impossible'.

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

I can think of nothing else but this machine.

Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.