Interesting Quotes

[VC10]

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools
Douglas Adams

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I am doing
Werner von Braun

An engineer is someone who washes his hands before going to the toilet
Anon

Engineers operate at the interface between science & society
Dean Gordon Brown

At that time (1909) the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation
Igor Sikorsky


Paul

[WhisperJet]

I was given "A little bit of Churchill wit" for my birthday.
I thumb through it every now and then - these two are from the "Self Reflection" chapter...

I am ready to meet my maker.
Whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

and

We are all worms.
But I believe I am a glow-worm.

And this one's my favourite:

What if I had said, instead of "We shall fight on the beaches",
"Hostilities will be engaged with our adversary on the coastal perimeter"?

Best wishes,

Nick

[Archer]

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible"
Lord Kelvin, President, Royal Society, 1895

"Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible"
Simon Newcomb, 1902

"The aeroplane will never fly"
Lord Haldane, The British Minister of War, 1907

[DogTailRed2]

"Live and learn. Die, forget it all" - Giles Brandreth, Countdown.

"The way to learn to fly is to throw yourself at the ground and miss" - Douglas Adams.

"If brains were dynamite you couldn't blow off a Sparrows knee cap " - some bloke I used to work with.

[SkippyBing]

An engineer is someone who washes his hands before going to the toilet
Anon

Surely that's a mechanic? Unless you wish to continue the devaluing of the word Engineer?

“Anyone can build a bridge that will stand up, but it takes an engineer to design a bridge that will barely stand up.”
Engineering Lecturers, various

[airboatr]

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
























Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.”
― Abraham Lincoln

[FlyTexas]

"If brains were dynamite you couldn't blow off a Sparrows knee cap " - some bloke I used to work with.

Like it!

Brian

[NigelC]

I heard that one as....

If brains were dynamite, you couldn't blow yer hat off!

N