"It's an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes."

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Source : "Falling Free". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 1988.

Lois McMaster Bujold

#Engineering Quotes #Steps Quotes #Finals Quotes

“A safety net of small white lies can be the bedrock of a successful marriage. You wouldn't believe how cheaply I can do a kitchen renovation.”
“When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the People's Stick.”

Source : "Statism and Anarchy". Book by Mikhail Bakunin, 1873.
“In Hong Kong, the directors are the idea men.”

Source : "Dialogue: Director Andrew Lau". The Hollywood Reporter interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 2, 2007.
“This country needs room to grow and expand. In all my own newspapers I read frightful tales of the shameful atrocities being perpetrated on our Democratic minorities in Maine and Vermont. My patience is almost at an end, and if provoked much further I will place both countries under American protection, even if I have to send in my tourists to start trouble so I'll have to send in a force to restore order.”
“Better die standing than live kneeling.”
“One sound idea is all that you need to achieve success.”
“Thought attracts that upon which it is directed.”

Source : Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Napoleon Hill, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol “"Strangest Secret" Reference Collecion”, Lulu.com
“As you submit to God more and more, you will get accustomed to being nourished by the power of truth. He is so holy that He cannot lie. God reveals His truth to His people through the Holy Spirit.”

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