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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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....

Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it...

Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it...

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.

The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic diagram.

The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic diagram.

I am an old man now, and when I die and go to Heaven there...

I am an old man now, and when I die and go to Heaven there...

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......

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...

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...

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...

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...

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

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...

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...

Get the right people on the bus and in the right seat.

Get the right people on the bus and in the right seat.

Im too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I...

Im too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I...

Mosquitoes remind us that we are not as high up on the food chain as...

Mosquitoes remind us that we are not as high up on the food chain as...