#engineering

The problem in this business isn’t to keep people from stealing your ideas; it's making them steal your ideas! ↗

— Howard Aiken

#ideas #research #science #business

Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britain's scientific competitiveness. ↗

— Vince Cable

#basic #britain #competitiveness #considerable #education

One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#engineering #magic #man #supernatural #word

Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#apollo #big #contributor #doubt #engineering

I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called to Louisiana. And they did a magnificent job. ↗

— Kit Bond

#battalions #called #did #engineering #floor

The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good. ↗

— L. Sprague de Camp

#civilization #engineering #forces #good #long

I like engineering, but I love the creative input. ↗

— John Dykstra

#creative input #engineering #i #i love #input

With engineering, I view this year's failure as next year's opportunity to try it again. Failures are not something to be avoided. You want to have them happen as quickly as you can so you can make progress rapidly. ↗

— Gordon Moore

#avoided #engineering #failure #failures #happen

For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation. ↗

— Fritz Todt

#accused #any #attempted #buildings #cultural

I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology. ↗

— Frederick Reines

#degree #engineering #graduate degree #i #institute