Great triumphs of engineering genius-the locomotive, the truss bridge, the steel rail- ... are rather invention than engineering proper.

- Arthur M. Wellington

An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two

- Arthur M. Wellington

When the difficulty of a problem lies only in finding out what follows from certain fixed premises, mathematical methods furnish invaluable wings for…

- Arthur M. Wellington

To define it rudely but not inaptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.

- Arthur M. Wellington