Henry Petroski Quotes

I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the calculated result, it is a meaningless number.

Henry Petroski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FailureEngineeringResultMeasure

I went to the Lake District to see what kind of a country it could be that would produce a Wordsworth.

John Burroughs

LakeCountryKindSeeWouldCould

Global warming is a scientific fact as much as the hole in the ozone layer or Earth's orbit around the sun.

Johan Rockstrom

SunEarthGlobal WarmingGlobalHole

One of the things that's fun about TV is it grows, and you set goals and aim towards stuff, and one of the writers has an idea, and you say, 'Ooh, that's so much cooler. Let's do that instead.' It's so much more fluid and organic that way, and that's the most fun part about it.

Jed Whedon

GoalsFunYouSayAimWay

Oprah Winfrey represents the most ingenious and creative expression of black spiritual genius in the public mainstream that we've had in quite a long time, if ever.

Michael Eric Dyson

TimeCreativeSpiritualBlackGenius

I've realized that Evanescence is who I am.

Amy Lee

I AmWhoRealizedAm

Since the summer days of my Canadian childhood, I have loved to canoe across the dark mirror of northern lakes, paddling with an inside flick of the blade, leaving a trail of twisting whirlpools in my wake.

Rory MacLean

MirrorChildhoodLovedTrailDark

Liberals want the government to get bigger, and they want you to drive smaller cars, and they want to dictate the way you live.

Rush Limbaugh

LiveGovernmentDriveYouWantWay

Data can generally travel the speed of light unless networks are congested. When there's congestion, usually the cheapest and best thing is simply to add capacity generally, not to prioritize certain sites over others.

Marvin Ammori

LightBestTravelDataSpeedOthers

I never watch TV. I'm a Radio Four addict. I love listening to music too.

Louise Jameson

LoveMusicListeningNeverRadioTV

I think it's our job as writers for Marvel Comics to continue to create those type of stories that can be mined instead of just trying to give readers exactly what they see on film.

Jason Aaron

JobThinkTryingCreateSeeFilm

Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Britain, to be quenched and trodden out on the simple altars they have raised?

Joseph Howe

FireSimpleYouLibertyWillOut

These days, men's singles is very hard. If you lose the first, you might lose everything.

Chen Long

MenYouLoseFirstHardEverything

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