Collection of Engineering-Related Quotations

Good quotes regarding engineers (even though I are not one myself):

http://www.ukcivilengineering.co.uk/quotes.html

I may have to add many of these to the main page's rotating random quote feature (in case listmembers haven't noticed, each reload of pipingdesign.com features a different quotation. It's near the middle of the page).

One excerpt:

<<Engineers ... are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable; that they catch them is imperative. Thus it is the essence of modern engineering not only to be able to check one's own work but also to have one's work checked and to be able to check the work of others.

• Henry Petroski To Engineer Is Human. Engineers Creed>>

This is similar to what one of my bosses once said (paraphrased): "Good, you found a mistake - that's why we build it on paper before we build it in reality."

Paul Received on Mon Feb 14 20:57:00 2005