Engineering slogans

[kmcclary]

"FIRST: We take young human beings, born in captivity, educate them in science and technology, and re-release them into the wild." -Keith McClary

"Hey! Don't knock Dean Kamen. Inventors are often well off. Remember, the inventor of the hay bailing machine sure made a bundle..." -Keith McClary

"Of course we can build that! Remember, a pessimist's blood type is always b-negative."

"Always go the extra mile... It's never crowded."

"Sure Cinderella was lousy at sports, but what did you expect? She only had a pumpkin for a Coach..."

"Your teammates need YOU. You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person."

"Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again."

"Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once..."

"All the water in the world cannot sink the smallest ship unless it gets inside."

"There is ALWAYS a way... Thinking of it before you NEED to is the REAL trick..."

"Committment can be illustrated by a breakfast of Ham and Eggs: The chicken was involved, the pig was committed..."

"What's a Trebuchet? Why, it's a primitive form of overhead projector..." -Keith McClary

"We do not rise to the level of our expectations, but fall to the level of our training."

"Counting in binary is just like counting in decimal... if you are all thumbs..."

"He's got a magnet!!! Everybody BACKUP!!!!"

"What's a 'Maintenance Free Battery'?" "That means it's impossible to fix...."

"What boots up must come down."

(...And here are some Week Six laments for you to use if it's not going as you wish and your frustration level rises: )

"If it weren't for STRESS I'd have no energy at all..."

"You know, some days it just doesn't pay to gnaw through the straps..."

"Federal Expresso: When you absolutely, positively have to stay up all night to finish the robot..."