Quotes by Engineering We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power. Bertrand Russell engineeringphilosophicalscience I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through. Bill Budge engineeringartthinking The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same. Bill Gates engineeringsuccessideas If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. Bill Gates engineeringinterviewsway Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you have done it is like a part of yourself that you've put together. I think a lot of the people here feel that way. Bill Gates engineeringpeoplethinking Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. Bill Gates engineeringcombinationsoftware Software is definitely engineering. It's different in that we take on novel tasks every time. It's not like building a certain bridge that is virtually identical to some previous bridge or some previous building. Bill Gates engineeringdifferentbridges An important re-engineering principle is that companies should focus on their core competence and outsource everything else. Bill Gates engineeringfocusimportant Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering. Bill Gates engineeringsoftwaremature Most of our competitors were one-product wonders... They would do their one product, but never get their engineering sorted out. Bill Gates engineeringbusinesswonder There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind. Bill Nye engineeringbelievepeople I am so old, I entered engineering school with a slide rule. And I left engineering school with a calculator. I can still use a slide rule but it's not a skill you especially need anymore. Bill Nye engineeringskillsschool There is no one "root of all evil" in software development. Design is hard in many ways. People tend to underestimate the intellectual and practical difficulties involved in building a significant system involving software. It is not and will not be reduced to a simple mechanical "assembly line" process. Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system. Bjarne Stroustrup engineeringcreativitysimple Forcing automakers to sell smaller cars to improve fuel economy [is like]... fighting the nation's obesity problem by forcing clothing manufacturers to sell garments in only small sizes. Bob Lutz engineeringfightingscience When Chuck House wanted to develop the oscilloscope for HP, David Packard told him to abandon the project. Chuck went on "vacation" and came back with $2 million in orders. Packard later gave him an award inscribed with an accolade for "extraordinary contempt and defiance beyond the normal call of engineering." Bob Sutton engineeringvacationawards My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte. Bobby Seale engineeringviewsfather Art and design are not luxuries, nor somehow incompatible with science and engineering. Bran Ferren engineeringluxuryart I was attracted to things that combined art and science equally. I've always been equally interested in art design, science and engineering. Bran Ferren engineeringdesignart At MakerBot, we joke that if we were engineers we would still be on our first prototype. There's something about just 'Doing it”iteration is a way of engineering. Bre Pettis engineeringwayfirsts Engineering stimulates the mind. Bruce Dickinson engineeringmind«1234567891011»
