What I’ve learned, over the years, is that you have to pretty much (not absolutely, but close) *never* trust an engineer who regards himself as anything other than an average plodder, prone to mistakes, who might be *slightly* better than most at this or that specialty. Those are the only honest engineers you’ll find, for the most part. They are the only ones who are appropriately skeptical of their own brilliance. And they do the best work.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
— Democritus (Democritus never had the awesomely epic shit that we have though.)
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
— Arthur C. Clarke
Mila Kunis as Snickers = win
Don’t try to impress your instructor; you can’t. Don’t try to scare him; he already is.
— BMW CCA track manual
So having a twin turbo V12 diesel is like, turning your central heating off at home, and then keeping warm … by burning Rembrandts.
