Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them. —Robert Graves More about this quote Tags: English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? —Clarence Darrow More about this quote Tags: English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. —William Shakespeare More about this quote Tags: England Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. —William Shakespeare More about this quote Tags: England Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: England Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: England Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He was born an Englishman and remained one for years. —Brendan Behan More about this quote Tags: England Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Engineering is the science of economy, of conserving the energy, kinetic and potential, provided and stored up by nature for the use of man. It is the business of engineering to utilize this energy to the best advantage, so that there may be the least possible waste. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: engineering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth. —William A. Smith More about this quote Tags: engineering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The engineer is the key figure in the material progress of the world. It is his engineering that makes a reality of the potential value of science by translating scientific knowledge into tools, resources, energy and labor to bring them into the service of man ... To make contributions of this kind the engineer requires the imagination to visualize the needs of society and to appreciate what is possible as well as the technological and broad social age understanding to bring his vision to reality. —T. J. Hoover and J. C. L. Fish More about this quote Tags: engineering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Engineering is the practice of safe and economic application of the scientific laws governing the forces and materials of nature by means of organization, design and construction, for the general benefit of mankind. —Sir Eric Ashby More about this quote Tags: engineering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of natural resources to the benefit of man. —S. E. Lindsay More about this quote Tags: engineering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Engineering is an activity other than purely manual and physical work which brings about the utilization of the materials and laws of nature for the good of humanity. —Ralph J. Smith More about this quote Tags: engineering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The ideal engineer is a composite ... He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer; but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems. —R. E. Hellmund More about this quote Tags: engineering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Engineers participate in the activities which make the resources of nature available in a form beneficial to man and provide systems which will perform optimally and economically. —N. W. Dougherty More about this quote Tags: engineering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email