Henry Petroski Quotes

Case studies of failure should be made a part of the vocabulary of every engineer so that he or she can recall or recite them when something in a new design or design process is suggestive of what went wrong in the case study.

Henry Petroski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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With the never-ending stream of new social technologies, apps and platforms rolling out every day, its easy to get lost in the minutiae of social media. Yet for there to be effective change, especially within large, top-down, hierarchical institutions, a company must have an over-arching understanding of the new role it has to play.

Simon Mainwaring

ChangeDaySocial MediaUnderstanding

Out of all the ridiculous religion stories - which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous - the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah, there's this big, giant universe, and it's expanding, and it's all going to collapse on itself, and we're all just here, just 'cuz. Just 'cuz.' That to me, is the most ridiculous explanation ever.

Trey Parker

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School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect so why bother.

Tre Cool

FutureSchoolPracticePerfectWhy

But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man.

Roger Daltrey

ManPeopleThinkNeverSome People

Early on, I joined that large group of show business cadets who were 'multi-hyphenates,' 'independents,' 'self produced' or 'alternately financed.' Sometimes, most times, I've had to do it all: raise the money, write the script, produce, direct and act in the film.

Mike Binder

BusinessMoneySelfEarlySometimes

As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs.

Lisa Loeb

PeopleYouWhyUnderstandNever

I wanted it so badly that there was no choice. It's like something in your blood that you have to do.

Delta Burke

YouChoiceBloodSomethingYour

The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service.

Donald L. Carcieri

SuccessInnovationServiceTrueHere

When I do period work, I really like to read about the period as much as I like to look at pictures because sometimes the written word is much better at conveying what their lives were really like and how much they had and where their clothes came from. Because, a lot of time, people dressed in their Sunday best to pose for a picture.

Colleen Atwood

WorkTimeBestPeopleBetterLook

I don't think there's ever been any music quite like what we came up with.

Bonnie Raitt

MusicThinkUpBeenLikeQuite

We should explore ways to make us a more amazing species. A more fascinating society. We should embrace our innovations and evolve with them.

Brad Feld

AmazingSocietyEmbraceMoreExplore

I always say it takes three weeks to know a character and three months to own it. And I think that's probably true of every theater artist. If you really want to see a performance of the show, wait three months.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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