Akio Morita Quotes

I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.

More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.

In school all I wanted to do was build technology. That's what I loved.

Studying engineering was natural for me; I was always interested in technology and building things.

We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.

I just want people to be excited about hard stuff, that's what engineering is.

I always say, 'Be near science and technology, and you will never fail.'

For Israel to retain its amazing position as the largest concentration of high tech after Silicon Valley, we need more engineers and mathematicians. We have too many lawyers.

I'm an engineer by training.

I'm an engineer.

I am an engineer and belong to a family of engineers and Cas.

I'm actually an engineer.

The idea of engineering is an idea of mastery. And today the role that we are being asked to play is a role based on informed humanity.

No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.

Creative universities are bedrock of every developed nation's S&T strategy.

The Startup Act should give all Americans, not just immigrants, a better shot at being tomorrow's engineers and entrepreneurs. And that opportunity could begin at a young age with education in computer programming.

What we look for are people that are technically competent. You need a background in a scientific field, whether it's as a scientist, an engineer, medical doctor, or, you know, a person that's in the military with some kind of technical background.

If you're not excited about the field of engineering that you have, you can't be a good engineer.

The standard high school curriculum traditionally has been focused towards physics and engineering. So calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra have always been the most emphasized, and for good reason - these are very important.

This is Massachusetts, we're supposed to be one of the tech centers of the world. We have MIT within walking distance of the state house.

What we need is a strong education system that allows creativity to grow and encourages students to be interested in science and technology.

Engineers have shown to embody a tremendous amount of leadership skills through the collaborative educational environment.

I tell students that I believe STEM majors have the most exciting opportunities than any other majors in college.

The way to solve problems in the world is to become scientists and technologists and build things that haven't been built before and discover things that people really don't know about.

Five of my father's seven siblings made their bones as engineers or technologists, and some of his best buddies - David Woods, Elijah Kent, Weldon Staton - carved out successful engineering careers at Langley.