“I have long aspired to make our company a noble prototype of industry, penetrating in science, reliable in engineering, creative in aesthetics and wholesomely prosperous in economics.” LongScienceCompanyCreativeIndustryEconomicsAccountsNobleEngineeringProsperousAestheticsPrototype Author:Edwin Land
“Put glibly: In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it. Of course, you seldom, if ever, see either pure state.” IfsKnowsShouldStatesScienceCoursesPureAccountsEngineeringDoing You Author:Richard Hamming
“Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world.” WorldScienceChangeAccountsChanging The WorldEngineeringEngineers Author:Isaac Asimov
“Science is concerned with what is possible while engineering is concerned with choosing, from among the many possible ways, one that meets a number of often poorly stated economic and practical objectives.” WayScienceNumbersEconomicPossibilityConcernedAccountsPracticalsObjectivesEngineering Author:Richard Hamming
“The inspirational value of the space program is probably of far greater importance to education than any input of dollars... A whole generation is growing up which has been attracted to the hard disciplines of science and engineering by the romance of space.” Has BeensHardWholeInspirationRomanceScienceValuesSpaceEducationGrowing UpGreaterGrowingGenerationsDisciplineProgramAccountsImportanceDollarsEngineeringInputSpace Program Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“We may discover resources on the moon or Mars that will boggle the imagination, that will test our limits to dream. And the fascination generated by further exploration will inspire our young people to study math, and science, and engineering and create a new generation of innovators and pioneers.” PeopleMayDreamYoungScienceImaginationStudyGenerationsInspireMoonLimitsResourcesTestsAccountsMathematicsMathExplorationEngineeringMarsFascinationPioneersNew GenerationInnovatorsMath And Science Author:George W. Bush
“[M]anufacturing, science and engineering are ... incredibly creative. I'd venture to say more so than creative advertising agencies and things that are known as the creative industries.” ScienceKnownCreativityCreativeIndustryAccountsAdvertisingAgencyEngineeringVentureAdvertising AgenciesCreative Industries Author:James Dyson
“Science is dangerous. There is no question but that poison gas, genetic engineering, and nuclear weapons and power stations are terrifying. It may be that civilization is falling apart and the world we know is coming to an end. In that case, why no turn to religion and look forward to the Day of Judgment, ... [being] lifted into eternal bliss ... [and] watching the scoffers and disbelievers writhe forever in torment.” KnowsWorldLooksMayEndsScienceReligionTurnsFallCasesForeverDangerousCivilizationJudgmentEternalWeaponsAccountsNuclearBlissPoisonGasStationsEngineeringNuclear WeaponsTormentFalling ApartGenetic EngineeringComing To An EndPoison GasScoffersDisbelievers Author:Isaac Asimov
“[An engineer's] invention causes things to come into existence from ideas, makes world conform to thought; whereas science, by deriving ideas from observation, makes thought conform to existence.” WorldIdeasScienceCausesExistenceAccountsInventionObservationEngineeringEngineersConform Author:Carl Mitcham