When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it's two hours. Whoso neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead for the future. We need experienced second-time entrepreneurs. The engineer has been, and is, a maker of history.
Engineering is the art or science of making practical.
The beginning and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage. It's common sense. Engineering is an activity other than purely manual and physical work which brings about the utilization of the materials and laws of nature for the good of humanity. Engineering is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper.