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Professor’s Favorite Sayings

R. E. Cross

1. There are three things you need to remember about Engineering – Details, Details,Details (Mel Huddleston, 1979).

2. The rain !annot "bsorb #hat the $eat !annot Endure (%len $hort&s #i'e, 191).

. Endea*or to +erse*ere (The utla- osey #ales, 197/) – translation 0$uess omes'rom -oring hard at -oring hard3.

4. %enius is ne +erent 5ns6iration and inty8ine +erent +ers6iration (Thomas ".

Edison).

. 5t&s not the goal that is im6ortant, it is the -or you do in getting there (!oah Moore,MH$).

/. Measure t-ie, ut one (ld !ar6enter&s "d*ise) – translation 0he your -or, :uality

is built into the 6roess not at the end o' the 6roess.3

7. The only thing that is onstant is hange (Heralitus, 4 – 474 !E) – translation

0E*erything hanges; re:uirements, arhiteture, designs, shedules, budgets, ustomer 6ers6eti*e, management 8 et, <ust be a-are.3

. "nything #orth-hile is e*er Easy or =ree ($oure >nno-n).

9. othing is easy to the un8-illing (Thomas =uller, English Historian, 1/?81//1).1?. 5' you see something need doing, get u6 and get busy (+ro'essor&s Mother8in8la-) –

translation 0e''ort 6reedes 6rogress3.

11. Try not. Do or do not. There is no try (@oda in Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes

 Bac) – translation 0%raduate #or is not meant to be easy, it taes e''ortA3

12. @ou annot learn by osmosis, it taes e''ortB see all the abo*eA

1. E*erything in Ci'e is a matter o' disi6line, es6eially Engineering.

14.There is one thing that is 6resent be'ore you e*er arri*e to any meeting or e*ent to -hih

you are going – your re6utation.