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- The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his sort-comings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned.
- Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), Opening Quote of Chapter 5, Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective by Steven Brandt et Al.
- Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies;
Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Venus and Adonis
- I would forget it fain; But, O, it presses to my memory, like damned guilty deeds to a sinners mind.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Romeo and Juliet, Act III, sc. 2
- O sleep, O gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, that thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, and steep my senses in forgetfulness.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry IV, Part II, Act III, sc. 1
- It would only take one generation of forgetfulness to put us back intellectually several hundred years.
- Dean Tollefson
- Live to learn... forget... and learn again.
- Brian
- Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. - Unknown
- People forget how fast you did a job -- but they remember how well you did it.
- Howard W. Newton
- And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
- Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
- They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
- Carl W. Buechner
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