Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public approval and often public money.

Quote by John Prebble

Topics: Engineering Quotes, Funny Quotes

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer...

People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more...

People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more...

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away...

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away...

From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will...

From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will...

I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers......

I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers......

The engineer has been, and is, a maker of history

The engineer has been, and is, a maker of history

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no...

Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no...

A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the...

A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the...

There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China....

There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China....

To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system...

To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system...

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

Improvement makes strait roads: but the crooked roads without Improvement are roads of Genius.

Improvement makes strait roads: but the crooked roads without Improvement are roads of Genius.

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create...

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create...

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person...

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person...

Engineering...to define rudely but not inaptly, is the art of doing that well with one...

Engineering...to define rudely but not inaptly, is the art of doing that well with one...

Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age as your beauty fades,...

Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age as your beauty fades,...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

My apartment was robbed and everything was replaced with exact replicas...I told my roommate and...

My apartment was robbed and everything was replaced with exact replicas...I told my roommate and...