Opening Quotes

Opening Quotes appear while a game is loading. Quotes include real ones from famous historical figures and laws of physics, as well as quotes from a fictional 2077 version of Wikipedia that exists in the lore of Space Engineers.

Quotes

There are 71 quotes that can appear in-game. In the game files, the are numbered from Quote00 to Quote70. Here they all are, in order:

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"Scientists discover the world that exists; Engineers create the world that never was." — Theodore Von Karman

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"Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view." — Max Planck

2

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." — Archimedes

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"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong." — Arthur C. Clarke

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"Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination." — Bertrand Russell

5

"Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist." — Indiana Jones

6

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." — Immanuel Kant

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"A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." — Max Planck

8

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." — Benjamin Franklin

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"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." — Albert Einstein

10

"Nature never breaks her own laws." — Leonardo da Vinci

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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." — Leonardo da Vinci

12

"Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge." — Leonardo da Vinci

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"I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have." — Leonardo da Vinci

14

"All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions." — Leonardo da Vinci

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"By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox." — Galileo Galilei

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"Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe." — Galileo Galilei

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"If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics." — Galileo Galilei

18

"We see only what we know." — Johann W. Goethe

19

"If anybody says he can think about quantum problems without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them." — Niels H. D. Bohr

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"Only one thing is certain - that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false. Ancient paradox" — Unknown

21

"Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists." — Richard Feynman

22

"A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." — Walter Bagehot

23

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." — Thomas A. Edison

24

"I know one thing: that I know nothing." — Socrates

25

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." — Arthur C. Clarke

26

"When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart." — William Gibson

27

"Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems." — Scott Adams

28

"One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word." — Robert A. Heinlein

29

"A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering." — Freeman Dyson

30

"Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes." — Freeman Dyson

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"A space engineer is a professional practitioner who uses scientific knowledge, mathematics, physics, astronomy, propulsion technology, materials science, structural analysis, manufacturing and ingenuity to solve practical problems in space. Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

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"Space engineers design materials, structures, and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety, ethicality and cost. Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

33

"Space engineers are grounded in applied sciences, and their work in research and development is distinct from the basic research focus of space scientists. Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

34

"In war times, space engineering involves military engineering as well. Such tasks typically include construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions. Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

35

"Space engineers are in a high demand, especially since the Second Space Race of 2029. Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

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"Space engineers take pride for their ability to get the job done right - no matter how big, how complex, or how remote. Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

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"The word engineer is derived from the Latin roots 'ingeniare' ("to contrive, devise") and 'ingenium' ("cleverness"). Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

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"To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. Anonym" — Unknown

39

"Scientists investigate that which already is; engineers create that which has never been." — Albert Einstein

40

"Tracers work both ways. U.S. Army Ordnance" — Unknown

41

"If you see a bomb technician running, follow him. USAF Ammo Troop" — Unknown

42

"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire. Anonym" — Unknown

43

"Never trade luck for skill. Anonym" — Unknown

44

"A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum." — Jon McBride

45

"To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect." — Alexander Calder

46

"Mars is there, waiting to be reached." — Buzz Aldrin

47

"This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." — Neil Armstrong

48

"I see Earth! It is so beautiful!" — Yuri Gagarin

49

"I could have gone on flying through space forever." — Yuri Gagarin

50

"To go places and do things that have never been done before - that's what living is all about." — Michael Collins

51

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." — Ralph W. Emerson

52

"To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature - could one dream of anything more?" — Yuri Gagarin

53

"The path of a cosmonaut is not an easy, triumphant march to glory. You have to get to know the meaning not just of joy but also of grief, before being allowed in the spacecraft cabin." — Yuri Gagarin

54

"The dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today and the reality of tomorrow." — Robert H. Goddard

55

"Failure is not an option." — Gene Kranz

56

"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong." — Albert Einstein

57

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more." — George B. Shaw

58

"The law of conservation of energy states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed. However, energy can change forms, and energy can flow from one place to another. The total energy of an isolated system remains the same." — The first law of thermodynamics

59

"The flow of heat is a form of energy transfer. In other words, a quantity of heat that flows from a hot body to a cold one can be expressed as an amount of energy being transferred from the hot body to the cold one." — The first law of thermodynamics

60

"Every body persists in its state of being at rest or of moving uniformly straight forward, except insofar as it is compelled to change its state by force impressed." — Newton's first law

61

"An object that is at rest will stay at rest unless an external force acts upon it." — Newton's first law

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"An object that is in motion will not change its velocity unless an external force acts upon it." — Newton's first law

63

"The acceleration of a body is directly proportional to, and in the same direction as, the net force acting on the body, and inversely proportional to its mass." — Newton's second law

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"To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction: or the forces of two bodies on each other are always equal and are directed in opposite directions." — Newton's third law

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"SCIENTIFIC METHOD: principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses. Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

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"To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning. Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

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"The laws of science or scientific laws are statements that describe, predict, and perhaps explain why, a range of phenomena behave as they appear to in nature. Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

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"Scientific laws are strongly supported by empirical evidence - they are scientific knowledge that experiments have repeatedly verified (and never falsified). Wikipedia, 2077" — Unknown

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"Every point mass in the universe attracts every other point mass with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them." — Newton's law of universal gravitation

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"Creativity is intelligence having fun." — Albert Einstein