These are Reddit users favorite engineering quotes
If you scour Reddit, you’ll come across a variety of forums asking for opinions and user participation. When asked about some opinions on favorite quotes about engineering, Reddit users came up with the following.
The responses encompass a variety of sources including famous individuals and even professors that happened to say something during a class. Although there were over 450 comments on the thread, we’ve selected 10 for your enjoyment.
1. “The ideal engineer is a composite… He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer; but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems.”
-Nathan W. Dougherty, Former Dean of Engineering at the University of Tennessee
2. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
-Clarke’s Third Law
3. “The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a display screen comes to life, showing things that never were nor could be.”
-Fred Brooks
4. “If I have seen anything extraordinary it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants”
-Isaac Newton
5. “Measure twice, cut once.”
– Father of Reddit user me_and_batman
6. “An engineer is someone who can do for a dime what any fool can do for a dollar.”
– Anonymous
7. “An optimist sees the glass as half full. A pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An engineer comes up and says the glass is twice too large.”
– Anonymous
