Von Karman Quotes

#1. Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer.

Olivier Martinez

#2. Scientists study the world as it is, engineers create the world that never has been.

Theodore Von Karman

#3. Science is the study of what Is, Engineering builds what Will Be. The scientist merely explores that which exists, while the engineer creates what has never existed before.

Theodore Von Karman

#4. You can't know it all. No matter how smart you are, no matter how comprehensive your education, no matter how wide ranging your experience, there is simply no way to acquire all the wisdom you need to make your business thrive.

Donald Trump

#5. A scientist describes what is. An engineer creates what never was.

Theodore Von Karman

#6. There is always a testing of the new kid on the block in politics.

Jane Byrne

#7. Scientists discover the world that exists; engineers create the world that never was.

Theodore Von Karman

#8. When my son got sick and he was in the hospital, and they took out his kidney when he was less than a year old, I definitely learned that each moment is really precious and I don't want to take anything for granted.

John Feldmann

#9. Everyone knows it takes a woman nine months to have a baby. But you Americans think if you get nine women pregnant, you can have a baby in a month.

Theodore Von Karman

#10. Some fear flutter because they do not understand it. And some fear it because they do.

Theodore Von Karman

#11. I came to realize that exaggerated concern about what others are doing can be foolish. It can paralyze effort, and stifle a good idea. One finds that in the history of science, almost every problem has been worked out by someone else. This should not discourage anyone from pursuing his own path.

Theodore Von Karman

#12. So I have talked with Betsey and Betsey has talked with me, And we have agreed together that we can't never agree

Will Carleton

#13. I don't get to do a lot of fight scenes on 'Sanctuary,' but I'm a trained fighter; I've been doing martial arts for years and, you know, I'm very active physically; I used to be a circus performer.

Ryan Robbins

#14. This speaker reminds me of my childhood in Budapest. There were gypsy magicians who came to town to entertain us children. But as I recollect, there was one important difference: the gypsy only seemed to violate the laws of nature, he never really violated them!

Theodore Von Karman

#15. Truth is a pathless land.

Jiddu Krishnamurti