Load Capacity Quotes

When you build a bridge, you insist that it can carry 30,000 pounds, but you only drive 10,000-pound trucks across it. And that same principle works in investing.

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.

Any design, whether it's for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures.

We seem to want one vehicle to carry people and soccer balls and hay bales.

A 20-pound weight on the back of a small horse is more damaging than a 20-pound weight on a very big horse.

My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.

I think, as a tire manufacturer, you need to deliver a product that, up to a certain specification, needs to hold the loads and the speed. But you want a tire which degrades in performance so the races are not boring, while at the same time, you want it to have peak performance. All together is a very difficult task.

I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the calculated result, it is a meaningless number.

A single camel can carry around 300 kilograms. Using camels for hauling during migration is becoming a rarity in Mongolia, where mechanized transport is gradually replacing traditional means.

The machine may even carry mail is special cases. But the useful load will be very small. The machines will eventually be fast, they will be used in sport, but they are not to be thought of as commercial carriers.