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A scientist describes what is. An engineer creates what never was.

Theodore Von Karman / Aerospace Engineer
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A scientist describes what is. An engineer creates what never was.

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I am quite pessimistic about ever achieving interstellar travel.

Theodore Von Karman Aerospace Engineer

Scientists study the world as it is, engineers create the world that never has been.

Theodore Von Karman Aerospace Engineer

Some fear flutter because they do not understand it. And some fear it because they do.

Theodore Von Karman Aerospace Engineer

Everyone knows it takes a woman nine months to have a baby. But you Americans think if you get nine women pregnant, you can have a baby in a month.

Theodore Von Karman Aerospace Engineer

I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world's energy problems, energy distribution problems. I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on.

Bill Nye Educator

More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.

Dean Kamen Entrepreneur

Finding oil is a multidisciplinary science. You need a lot of people - statisticians, engineers, and geologists, of course. And what I have learned in the past 30 years is that I read people better than I read books.

Eike Batista Business Magnate

She felt that she would have to be much more than just a doctor or an engineer. She would have to be a saint.

Flannery O'connor Writer

God is a hacker, not an engineer

Francis Crick Scientist

WTO is not the forum for labour standards. Next, the U.S. will argue the time zone difference is an unfair competitive advantage enjoyed by India that enables our software engineers to work while the Americans sleep.

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