Notable Quotes

Herbert Hoover
Engineer, Poor Guy

“The Engineer’s work is out in the open where all men can see it. If he makes a mistake, he cannot, like the doctor, bury it. He cannot, like the architect, obscure it by trees and ivy. He cannot, like the lawyer, blame it on the judge or jury. He cannot, like the politician, claim his constituents demanded it. Nor can he, like the public official, change the name of it & hope the voters will forget. Unlike the clergyman, he cannot blame it on the devil. If his works do not work, he is utterly damned. If they do work, the world mostly forgets the name of the engineer, the credit goes to some fellow who used other people’s money to pay for it.”

Harry S. Truman

“I never gave them hell, I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.”

Peter Drucker

“If we hadn't always done it this way, would we still do it this way?.”

Engineering Process:

• Define the Problem
• Gather Data
• Analyze the Data
• Propose Solutions
• Analyze Solutions
• Make Recommendations
• Proceed

80/20 Rule ...

80% of the work in 20% of the time.

20% of the work in 80% of the time.

Albert Einstein

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"