We recognize that we cannot survive on meditation, poems and sunsets. We are restless. We have an irresistible urge to dip our hands into the stuff of the earth and do something with it.

Engineering is the art or science of making practical.

... it is clear that our survival and the salvaging of our environment are dependent on more technology, not less.

... the ancient joy of helping the tribe to survive is constantly rekindled in the engineer's heart.

We all have ambivalent feelings toward work ... We try to avoid it, and yet we seem to require it for our emotional well-being.

... engineering is a basic instinct in man, the expression of which is existentially fulfilling.

Knowledge gives a wider choice and more anguish.

There is scarcely a technical issue for which you cannot find expert witnesses of differing opinions.

Every technological product has to be designed and its fabrication overseen, and this is what engineers DO.

... man cannot help but transcend himself as soon as he begins to design and construct.

The engineer's power was usually limited to a refusal to endorse a given plan, or to the tender of his resignation.

Don't ever lose hope because better days will come.

A cat may look at a king.

I believe in the time when we shall be able to create works of art in the Theatre without the use of the written play, without the use of actors.

I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.

My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.

I think it went Twilight, Welcome to the Rileys, New Moon, Runaways, then Eclipse, so it was like one of those movies between each Twilight movie.

I need a semblance of routine so little things, like having my morning cup of English breakfast tea and going to Pilates early before the world gets hectic, keeps me calm.

All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.

I stand on principle where many people stand on money.

I don't generally watch the movie [ The House Of The Devil ]. It's sort of like hearing your voice on tape.