What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

   / What is your favorite Quote or Saying? #7,081  
An old trucker saying:
A truck only has enough power if it can pull 100,000 pounds up a 10% grade at 100mph.

By my calculations, that would require about 2700hp plus another 25% for driveline, rolling and wind resistance, so lets call it 3500hp.
 
   / What is your favorite Quote or Saying? #7,082  
"If a little bit helps then a whole lot is even better"...Every drag racer I've ever known.
 
   / What is your favorite Quote or Saying? #7,083  
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
... Friedrich Nietzsche, 1888
 
   / What is your favorite Quote or Saying? #7,084  
If the world made any sense, men would ride horses sidesaddle.
 
   / What is your favorite Quote or Saying? #7,086  
From a friend who build and raced dragsters where power to weight was a vital key to success.

After lightening everything he determined the best bracket is no bracket at all. This sticks in my mind every time I engineer anything - lol
 
   / What is your favorite Quote or Saying? #7,087  
After lightening everything he determined the best bracket is no bracket at all. This sticks in my mind every time I engineer anything - lol
Not sure if this is more "Tell us something we don't know" or "Favorite Quote or Saying", but since you brought this up here, I have one: "If half the stuff on your boat isn't broken by the end of the race day, you built it too heavy."

This quote is paraphrased by something I heard one of the boat builders say in the 2010 America's Cup, where the massively-overpowered and tippy Oracle beat Alinghi in light air, after having debated canceling the race due to "high winds" that weren't really very high by old standards.
 
   / What is your favorite Quote or Saying? #7,088  
The best bracket quote is one of my favorite quotes and I repeat it every time I design something.
Right now I need to build a footrest for my left foot when driving the tractor for long periods to brace my bad back against the constant jarring.
 
   / What is your favorite Quote or Saying? #7,089  
People do not decide their futures. They decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.

F.M. Alexander
 
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   / What is your favorite Quote or Saying? #7,090  
The best bracket quote is one of my favorite quotes and I repeat it every time I design something.
Right now I need to build a footrest for my left foot when driving the tractor for long periods to brace my bad back against the constant jarring.
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