Quotes about Engineering

"Engineers participate in the activities which make the resources of nature available in a form beneficial to man and provide systems which will perform optimally and economically."
-L. M. K. Boelter

"The ideal engineer is a composite ... He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer; but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems."
-N. W. Dougherty

"Engineering is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realisation in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men or women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer's high privilege."
-Herbert Hoover

"Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems; engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change... Engineers operate at the interface between science and society..."
-Dean Gordon Brown

"Engineering is the practice of safe and economic application of the scientific laws governing the forces and materials of nature by means of organization, design and construction, for the general benefit of mankind."
-S. E. Lindsay

"Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth."
-T. J. Hoover and J. C. L. Fish

"Engineering is an activity other than purely manual and physical work which brings about the utilization of the materials and laws of nature for the good of humanity."
-R. E. Hellmund

"Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them."
-James A. Michener

"Engineering is the art of organizing and directing men and controlling the forces and materials of nature for the benefit of the human race."
-Henry G. Stott

"Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of natural resources to the benefit of man."
-Ralph J. Smith

"That's where we have our engineering and product development resources. We'll be able to provide better service there."
-Rick Clancy

"Is this just for the engineering agreement and not to move forward?"
-Margaret Moggio

"Engineering was always a part of this institution and now it's back again."
-Sarah Denman

"The idea that engineering is dead [in the U.S.] is hype."
-Ahmad Bahai

"I always knew he was interested in engineering, and in what I was doing, but he surprised me by calling me to say he had accepted a job here."
-Walter Brisken

"He was so smart; in his engineering classes he just understood it and did well. He was made to be an engineer."
-Joe Micucci

"It's not really an engineering or cost issue. It truly comes down to being a highway safety issue."
-Kyle Johnson

"So in all cases our assumptions are based on our engineering judgment with input from the people that we consulted."
-Alan Richardson

"It's just engineering technical issues at this point."
-Mark Knight

"Everybody knows that engineering is male dominated."
-Amanda Baker

"If engineering companies related to the students on Centennial Campus are here, it is a benefit for students."
-Chris Healy

"I didn't want to sit behind a desk. I wanted to get into engineering and navigation."
-Kevin Coates

"I chose Con Edison because of my major - I enjoyed power engineering."
-Nancy Yieh

"It will be a marriage of science, engineering, public policy and education."
-John Cronin

"This site is an engineering problem, to say the least."
-Ray Gadd

"We're using a variety of materials, adapting the engineering to what we can find."
-Walter Baumy

"It's a phenomenal feat of human engineering."
-Von Hardesty

"Most of the Elves have an engineering background. But there are some ... we have to train."
-Jim Burke