Ask Gandhi, and eye for an eye makes us both blind.....ask an engineer, and the numbers don't lie - the first to strike wins.

The brain can be put to better use by reducing anxiety, just as reducing friction between threads can increase the torque transferred to the axial load.

In engineering, the joints are the most crucial. They have to be both firm and flexible, exactly like the joints in our body.

Engineering is the art and science of nuts and bolts.

How in the fucking hell did you do that?"

Calyph shrugged. "I'm an Engineer," he said simply, as if it would explain everything.

As in real life, complex engineering designs demand a pragmatic approach.