Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer. Votes: 4
Jamie ZawinskiThe Engineer Corps is charged with all construction, including light railways and roads. Votes: 3
Kelly MillerAs an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them. Votes: 2
James DysonTo an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect. Votes: 2
Alexander CalderSnowden is an orderly thinker, with an engineer's approach to problem-solving. Votes: 0
Barton GellmanMy grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes. Votes: 0
Temple GrandinMy father was a construction engineer, and my mother was a production engineer. Votes: 0
Mikhail KhodorkovskyAlmost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it. Votes: 0
David Foster WallaceA lawyer is either a social engineer or he is a parasite on society. Votes: 0
Charles Hamilton HoustonWhen it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer. Votes: 0
Edward SnowdenThe task of the software development team is to engineer the illusion of simplicity. Votes: 0
Grady BoochMy father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director. Votes: 0
Edward TufteWhen valuing a startup, add $500k for every engineer, and subtract $250k for every MBA. Votes: 0
Aaron PatzerAny good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable. Votes: 0
Tim Berners-LeeWhile my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer. Votes: 0
A. R. RahmanI'm an engineer and a writer. And I find that those two things are not uncomplementary. Votes: 0
Naomi NovikThe machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonMy father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918. Votes: 0
James RainwaterWatch with awe and amazement at how quickly an engineer will become totally annoyed by inefficiency. Votes: 0
Rands... the ancient joy of helping the tribe to survive is constantly rekindled in the engineer's heart. Votes: 0
Samuel FlormanInstead of becoming an engineer like my brother, I moved to New York to be an actor. Votes: 0
Anthony MackieVideo games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer. Votes: 0
Bill BudgeI'm not even an engineer. I don't have a college degree; I hire guys with college degrees. Votes: 0
Woody NorrisComplexity is not a goal. I don't want to be remembered as an engineer of complex systems. Votes: 0
David ParnasMy mother was a housewife but she was also an artist. My father was an electrical engineer. Votes: 0
James CameronDon't drag the engine, like an ignoramus, but bring wood and water and flame, like an engineer. Votes: 0
Maria Weston ChapmanI never knew what an engineer did for a living when I was a kid. I still don't. Votes: 0
Scott AdamsYou don't have to be a nerd or a programmer or a network engineer to make a difference. Votes: 0
Rebecca MacKinnonI come from a pretty scientific family. My sister is a neurologist and my brother is an engineer. Votes: 0
Mary Elizabeth WinsteadTo the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope. Votes: 0
Herbert HooverI usually describe myself as an engineer; that's basically what I've been doing since I was a kid. Votes: 0
Elon MuskDon't make me out to be an artist. I am an engineer. I am after the facts, only the facts. Votes: 0
Harold Eugene EdgertonI think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals. Votes: 0
Linus Torvalds