James Nasmyth

“The steam-hammer is a child of my own.”

“Among the many mechanical contrivances which I have had the good fortune to bring to a successful issue, there is none which has given me so much pleasure as my steam-hammer.”

“My love of drawing, and my taste for mechanics, somehow or other combined to make me an engineer.”

“The man who has a hobby is a happy man.”

“I had a glorious view of the sublime spectacle of the total eclipse of the sun.”

“Our beautiful hands are the main and leading source of our knowledge of the properties of matter.”

“Everything is due to work.”

“The whole of my remaining life was a 'Hymn of Praise' to the Great Giver of all good.”

“Find out what the world needs, then proceed to invent it.”