Quotes about engineers?

Ha ha...
I think would be nice to start this thread...
Do you know quotes about engineers?
If yes, post them here to share with other users nice things about engineers.
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A mechanic washes his hands before he goes to the toilet. An engineer washes his hands afterwards.
Reverse engineering: Re-creating the past because the future is not what it used to be.

There was a physicist an engineer and a mathematician inside a burning building.
The engineer sees the fire extinguisher and grabs it
The physicist calculates the fire spreading rate according to the burning material and then calculates the exact amount of water needed to extinguish the fire.
The mathematician sees the fire extinguisher, says that the problem has at least one solution and goes to bed.

Everybody dreams of new and better things.
Although the dreams are distant, many reside only at our fingertips.
Engineers can reach a little further...

Here is another entry:
"To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the
glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big
as it needs to be."