Realisation Quotes

On touring with Eric Clapton in the 1970s: "Eric would just completely pass out wherever he was sitting, whether it was on the sofa or the floor, because he was saturated with drink. The realisation hit me: `This isn`t fun. He`s not having fun`."

Engineering is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realisation in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men or women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer`s high privilege.

To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.

Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.

People think of these eureka moments and my feeling is that they tend to be little things, a little realisation and then a little realisation built on that.