Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.

The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry.

No one wants to learn from mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyond the state of the art.

Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.

Failure is Central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation.

Design is nothing if not decision making.

Form follows failure.

The bookshelf, like the book, has become an integral part of civilization as we know it, its presence in a home practically defining what it means to be civilized, educated, and refined.

All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble of correct assumptions and valid calculations.

Any design, whether its for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures.

Our expectations for a technology rise with its advancement.

Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.

What is death if not these words that I say

People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change

Action for Happiness encourages each of us to live more compassionately and put the happiness of others at the centre of our lives. This is the path to lasting peace and happiness

OPTION PARALYSIS: The tendency, when given unlimited choices, to make none.

Free people will set the course of history.

Man has long found solace in good talk to offset bad conduct.

Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.

We should never forget the government should be held accountable for providing services.

One of the reasons people get old - lose their aliveness - is that they get weighed down by all of their stuff.