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Engineering Quotes

"Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down"

"I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the machines I build are tools."

"To me, there’s nothing more fun than building. "

"The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind."

"I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems."

"Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do, and the business side"

"The loftiest edifices need the deepest foundations."

"When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success"

"Engineers work for engineers. It's a recursive process in which the curiosity of one leads to the craftsmanship of the other, leading to an ultimate product that truly serves without compromise."

"The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design."

"Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world."

"People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware"