“As always happens in these cases, the fault was attributed to me, the engineer, as though I had not taken all precautions to ensure the success of the work. What could I have done better? -Nonius Datus

 
(Nonius Datus, 152 A.D., was the Roman engineer responsible for the design and construction of a water supply tunnel through the mountain in what is now Algeria. Upon visiting the construction site he learned that the two segments of a tunnel being excavated from both ends were out of alignment and had passed each other! (de Camp 1963))

“Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don’t.” – Pete Seeger

“Nuclear power is safe and nuclear power is clean and nuclear power is renewable.” 

-George W. Bush, 9/4/2006

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain