"Aeroplanes are not designed by science, but by art in spite of some pretence and humbug to the contrary. I do not mean to suggest that engineering can do without science, on the contrary, it stands on scientific foundations, but there is a big gap between scientific research and the engineering product which has to be bridged by the art of the engineer."

-- Walter Guido Vincenti

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“A goal is not the same as a desire, and this is an important distinction to make. You can have a desire you don't intend to act on. But you can't have a goal you don't intend to act on.”
“Could we forbear dispute, and practice love,We should agree as angels do above.Where love presides, not vice alone does findNo entrance there, hut virtues stay behind:Both faith, and hope, and all the meaner trainOf mortal virtues, at the door remain.Love only enters as a native there,For born in heav'n, it does but sojourn here.”
“The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain.”
“When it comes down to it, itâ€™s pretty simple. Adventure is what you make it. And whether itâ€™s the travel, the discovery or just the feeling of letting go, the only way weâ€™ll ever find out is to get out there and do it. Enjoy the ride.”
“Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.”
“Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The people who hate SICP are the ones who just want to know how to drive their car on the highway, just like everyone else.”
“We wanted the best, but it turned out as always”

Source : "Viktor Chernomyrdin obituary" by Jonathan Steele, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2010.

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