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Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English.

—William Shakespeare

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Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.

—Robert Graves

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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?

—Clarence Darrow

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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

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This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.

—William Shakespeare

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We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.

—Oscar Wilde

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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

—George Bernard Shaw

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He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.

—Brendan Behan

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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

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Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth.

—William A. Smith

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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

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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

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Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of natural resources to the benefit of man.

—S. E. Lindsay

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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

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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

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