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Interesting Quotes

Posted: 07 Apr 2011, 23:31
by VC10
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something that is completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools - Douglas Adams

Engineers operate at the interface between science and society. - Dean Gordon Brown

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

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing - Wernher von Braun

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