Henry Petroski Quotes

It has been said, by engineers themselves, that given enough money, they can accomplish virtually anything: send men to the moon, dig a tunnel under the English Channel. There's no reason they couldn't likewise devise ways to protect infrastructure from the worst hurricanes, earthquakes and other calamities, natural and manmade.

Henry Petroski

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 6, 1942

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MoneyMenMoonEnoughAccomplish

Unfortunately, some people go to a restaurant, and they aren't really there to enjoy themselves. They're there because they think they deserve to be there or because they can just afford it.

Joe Dinicol

PeopleThinkRestaurantEnjoyGo

I have kind of an iron stomach.

Joey Fatone

KindIronStomach

If we are serious about our human wellbeing - from local communities to the global world economy - we need to now reconnect our entire world to the planet.

Johan Rockstrom

WorldSeriousNowNeedEconomyOur

I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.

Michael Cera

MyselfHockeyFeelFollowAnything

I would rather be having a burger and beers with my mates but I can't do that when I know I've got to dance.

Michael Flatley

DanceBurgerKnowGotWouldRather

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.

Amy Purdy

LifeLegsNeedLeadDiseaseFull

I was raised by my father; I was daddy's girl.

Amber Heard

FatherGirlFather's DayI Was Raised

Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.

Steven Rattner

GovernmentOutStayLiberalsShould

A book's title is vital.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

BookTitleVital

On my 14th birthday, my grandfather and my grandmother gave me the best birthday present ever: a drafting table that I have worked on ever since.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

BirthdayBestMePresentTableEver

I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

GoodLeaderGreatSaidWantOffice

And if you can offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work then you've got to the whole root of comedy.

Denis Norden

WorkComedyYouWhyWholeOffer

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