This collection holds 924 engineering quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are Barry Boehm, Daniel J. Bernstein and Bart Kosko.

They are ordered so that each author has a say before anyone repeats, which means the first page gives you the range of the topic rather than one writer's back catalogue.

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Software engineering economics.

I do engineering, not religion.

Death is an engineering problem.

Engineering stimulates the mind.

Engineering is a creative practice.

Any colour - so long as it's black.

Meditation is the best engineering.

Copying is about reverse-engineering.

An algorithm must be seen to be believed.

Strive for perfection in everything you do.

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

The engineering is secondary to the vision.

Style is engineering that gives you freedom.

The most important thing is to keep trying...

Bold objects require conservative engineering.

A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.

Engineering is a fantastic base for any career.

An engineer cannot participate in irrationality.

The physicist's greatest tool is his wastebasket.

Engineering is too important to wait for science.

Engineering without imagination sinks to a trade.

What need the bridge much broader than the flood?

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

I like engineering, but I love the creative input.

The future of Africa is in innovative engineering.

The greatest engineering is the engineering of men.

I never had a doubt that I wanted to do engineering.

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering.

Engineering is not quite as important as imagination.

Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing.

Engineering is the art or science of making practical.

I got my undergraduate degree in chemical engineering.

One man's magic is another man's gluey torture session.

I'm quite into the idea of engineering being beautiful.

Beautiful engineering always held a fascination for me.

The more physics you have the less engineering you need.

Inventing is the resolution of technical contradictions.

Engineering is merely the slow younger brother of physics.

Engineering is a predictive science, not a manipulative art.

Engineering is easy - it's the people problems that are hard.

To be truthful, not much 'engineering' goes into the ShamWow!

The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds.

I was going to engineering school but fell in love with physics.

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

I don't know technology and engineering. I don't know accounting.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

You can do reverse engineering, but you can’t do reverse hacking.

Social engineering bypasses all technologies, including firewalls.

Being interested in science and engineering is not a male quality.

There's nothing like evolution for engineering beautiful organisms.

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