41 phrases spoken by famous engineers

famous engineers quotes

Everyone knows that if a person becomes an engineer it is because they have a privileged mind and have worked hard in their life to get where they are. Although to better understand the concept of engineering it is necessary to highlight what it is.

According to Wikipedia: "Engineering is the set of scientific and technological knowledge for innovation, invention, development and improvement of techniques and tools to meet the needs and solve problems of both people and society."

Engineer phrases

You could say that we are all engineers of our own lives ... But today we want to leave you some phrases said by famous engineers. In this way you can get an idea of ​​how the mind of an engineer works. Maybe you have more of an engineer mind than you think!

  1. If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.-Nikola Tesla
  2. It is a small step for a man, but a giant leap for humanity.-Neil Armstrong.
  3. Aerodynamics is for failures who do not know how to make engines.-Enzo Ferrari.
  4. The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.-Leonardo da Vinci.
  5. A machine can do the work of 50 ordinary men, but no machine can do the work of an extraordinary man- Elbert Hubbard famous engineers quotes
  6. A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the naivety of someone completely foolish. - Douglas Adams.
  7. An engineer is someone who is good with numbers, but does not have the personality of an accountant. - An Arts.
  8. High ethical principles produce effective business methods.-James Watt.
  9. An engineer is someone who washes their hands before going to the bathroom. -Anon.
  10. Never trust a computer that you can not throw out the window.-Steve Wozniak.
  11. A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes designs that work with as little original ideas as possible.
  12. If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.-Henry Ford. famous engineers quotes
  13. Artists work best alone. He works alone.-Steve Wozniak.
  14. Persistence is very important. You should not resign unless you are forced to resign.-Elon Musk.
  15. The present is theirs; The future, for which I really worked, is mine.-Nikola Tesla.
  16. Pay attention to and solicit negative feedback, particularly from friends. Hardly someone does that and it is very helpful.-Elon Musk.
  17. I have never thought of myself as an engineer or inventor, I just consider myself a promoter and agitator of ideas. -Enzo Ferrari
  18. The sciences of the engineers are those that give the modes of knowledge in the directions and the methods in the facility [to remove the obstacles] for the invention of this art and its exteriorization in actu in the physical and sensible bodies. -Al- Farabi
  19. The engineer is always concerned when his plans begin to be turned into pieces, into a "living" machine. What will it turn out, what will it look like? In the impeccably designed plans, everything can be in its place, especially as soon as the pieces are made, according to the project, in some places they do not fit, in others they work badly. -Aleksandr Kótov
  20. What would the engineer say, once you had explained your problem and listed all the dissatisfactions in your life? I would probably tell you that life is a very difficult and complicated thing; that no interface can change that; that anyone who believes otherwise is an idiot; And if you don't like being chosen for you, you should start choosing for yourself.- Neal Stephenson
  21. If you make a superior product, people will buy it.-Soichiro Honda.
  22. Today's scientists think deeply rather than clearly. You must be sane to think clearly, but you can think deeply and be completely crazy.-Nikola Tesla.
  23. My father explained to me that education and knowledge is what will allow children to improve the world.-Steve Wozniak.
  24. Suddenly I realized that this pretty blue pea was Earth. I raised my thumb and closed one eye, and my thumb erased planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.-Neil Armstrong.
  25. If your hatred turned into electricity, the whole world would light up.-Nikola Tesla.
  26. Shoot the stars, but if you miss, shoot the Moon instead.-Neil Armstrong.
  27. Houston, this is the Base of Tranquility. The eagle has landed.-Neil Armstrong.
  28. The greatness of a man is not measured by his physical size, but by his actions, by the impact he produces on human history.-Soichiro Honda.
  29. True happiness lies in the completion of work using your own brain and skills.-Soichiro Honda.
  30. Simplicity is the maximum sophistication.-Leonardo da Vinci.
  31. A factory laboratory is the best place to learn about failure.-Soichiro Honda.
  32. When one door closes, another opens, but we often watch the closing door for so long and with such sadness that we do not notice another that has been opened for us. Door phrases.-Alexander Graham Bell. famous engineers quotes
  33. Most people spend more time and energy around problems than trying to solve them.-Henry Ford.
  34. Just as iron rusts from lack of use and stagnant water becomes rotten, so inactivity also destroys the intellect.-Leonardo da Vinci.
  35. There is nothing more foolish to invent.-James Watt.
  36. The most successful car is the one I think about with stubborn insistence, but which has not yet been made.
  37. What we call destiny is largely in the hands of men, when they have clear ideas and firm purposes.
  38. From time to time it is worth getting out of the way, plunging into a forest. You will find things you have never seen.-Alexander Graham Bell.
  39. There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see what is shown to them and those who do not see.-Leonardo da Vinci.
  40. One of the great discoveries that a man can make, one of his great surprises, is to find that he can do what he feared he could not do.-Henry Ford.
  41. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether in their twenties or eighties. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.-Henry Ford.

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