Penn Engineering Quotes

#1. The most enviable genius in literary history is the guy who invented alphabet soup: nobody knows who he is.

Philip Roth

#2. Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

Elbert Hubbard

#3. We have to teach empathy as we do literacy.

Bill Drayton

#4. Finding genetically distant partners is useful.

David Eagleman

#5. I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism
that some new drug, or the next election or the latest in social engineering will solve everything.

Robert Penn Warren

#6. I think the people of this country have had enough of experts with organisations from acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong.

Michael Gove

#7. As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't.

John Gardner

#8. Play slow and perfect - that's the way to becoming a virtuoso.

Steve Vai

#9. Take me away from my sense. I need to go away now, because I'm in chaos - take me down deep. Hover over me, because I need grace. I say that a lot, many times a day.

Caroline Myss

#10. A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#11. I don't think it's a very Christian thing to come in by the back door rather than the front door,

Tony Abbott

#12. Alas, the world has never known a sound social fabric, a fabric sound and clean to the core and kindly. For it has ever turned its back on Man.

Louis Sullivan

#13. I'm not under the influence anymore. Much. Even if I was, I've done things way worse than you that I've never regretted.

Abigail Roux

#14. Today's problems are yesterday's mistakes coming back to bite you in the ass.

Lois Greiman