An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two

To define it rudely but not inaptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.

When the difficulty of a problem lies only in finding out what follows from certain fixed premises, mathematical methods furnish invaluable wings for flying over intermediate obstructions.

Great triumphs of engineering genius-the locomotive, the truss bridge, the steel rail- ... are rather invention than engineering proper.

The point of dreams was never to be the affordable option, it was the one everyone else saw as a mistake and every creative person saw as an opportunity.

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty

A greater tax deduction for students is not a handout. On the contrary, it helps those who are willing to meet the challenges of higher education to invest in our collective future.

I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages.

I'd rather live in Nebraska than Washington.

A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself.

Adulthood brings with it a pernicious illusion of control.

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask It's hard to see the pain behind the mask Bearing the burden of a secret storm Sometimes she wishes she was never born

There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.

Paint what you feel. Paint what you see. Paint what is real to you.