
“A scientist studies what is, whereas an engineer creates what never was.”
Theoretical foundations for decision making in engineering design https://www.nap.edu/read/10566/chapter/2 (National Academy Press, 2001)
18 April 2022
Tom Peters Daily, Weekly Quote
“A scientist studies what is, whereas an engineer creates what never was.”
Theoretical foundations for decision making in engineering design https://www.nap.edu/read/10566/chapter/2 (National Academy Press, 2001)
G M Adishesh, his friend
You can see God in him at times (22 December 1999)
“To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.”
Source: As quoted in Exploring the Inner World : A Guidebook for Personal Growth and Renewal (1974) by Tolbert McCarroll, p. 6
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
“Study Herod, madame, study Herod.”
When asked about how to rear obnoxious children by an irritating interviewer. http://books.google.com/books?id=dUgPxKzVq9AC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=study+herod+madame+study+herod&source=bl&ots=_I14EG7TXF&sig=_iMbpV_AKe9HZ2U8L0Xi93jcAe8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vWl5VJvXLqy1sQSw74HADg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=study%20herod%20madame%20study%20herod&f=false
“Literature is not a subject of study, but an object of study.”
"Quotes", Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (1957), Polemical Introduction
“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”
Variant: Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.
Source: The Analects, Chapter II
“Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”