Alan Harris
Engineer
1916-07-08 – 2000-12-26
Sir Alan James Harris was a British civil and structural engineer. He made major contributions to structural engineering practice in the United Kingdom.
Quotes by Alan Harris
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Anyone who likes to compliment finds ready listeners.
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Whatever you can no longer bear, you do.
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Our educational system gives the children neat answers long before they care about the questions.
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Occasionally necessity takes its jackhammer to our expectations to make way for what the chief architect really wants.
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Find some friends you like, or be stuck with the friends who like you.
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Why are we surprised at problems in a world that's run by the kind of people who dominate meetings?
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Well-timed silence is the purest speech.
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A sharp tongue cuts itself.
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