Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. Edmund Burke
I was, however, more interested in steam engines than in electric ones. In other words, I was more romantic than technical. Tomas Tranströmer
The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation. You and I are streaming data engines. Jeff Hawkins
Changes in the structure of society are not brought about solely by massive engines of doctrine. The first flash of insight which persuades human beings to change their basic assumptions is usually contained in a few phrases. Kenneth Clark
This law (regarding the theoretical efficiency of heat engines by Mr. Joule), and the law of the maximum efficiency of heat engines, are particular cases of a general law which regulates all transformation of energy, and is the basis of the Science of Energetics. William John Macquorn Rankine
There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded. I think it was an excellent solution to the reliability issues with existing search engines. Shawn Fanning