Quotes about engineering

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound

— Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

— Freeman Dyson

My advice is to look out for engineers. They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs.

— Marcel Pagnol

For 'Tis the sport to have the engineer hoisted with his own petard.

— William Shakespeare

Hedonic Engineering -- The human nervous system studying and improving itself: intelligence studying and improving intelligence. Why be depressed, dumb, and agitated when you can be happy, smart, and tranquil?

— Robert Wilson