A scientist describes what is. An engineer creates what never was.

I am quite pessimistic about ever achieving interstellar travel.

Scientists study the world as it is, engineers create the world that never has been.

Everyone knows it takes a woman nine months to have a baby. But you Americans think if you get nine women pregnant, you can have a baby in a month.

This speaker reminds me of my childhood in Budapest. There were gypsy magicians who came to town to entertain us children. But as I recollect, there was one important difference: the gypsy only seemed to violate the laws of nature, he never really violated them!

Some fear flutter because they do not understand it. And some fear it because they do.

A scientist describes what is. An engineer creates what never was.