"Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been.'' --Albert Einstein

"If a major project is truly innovative, you cannot possibly know its exact cost and its exact schedule at the beginning. And if in fact you do know the exact cost and the exact schedule, chances are that the technology is obsolete.'' --Joseph G. Gavin, Jr., discussing the design of the Grumman lunar module that landed NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon on July 20, 1969

"I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.'' --Hideo Sugiura, Chairperson (retired), Honda Motor Company