| 1 | ->''When the Waters were dried an' the Earth did appear, \ |
| 2 | ("It's all one," says the Sapper),\ |
| 3 | The Lord He created the Engineer,\ |
| 4 | Her Majesty's Royal Engineer,\ |
| 5 | With the rank and pay of a Sapper!'' |
| 6 | -->-- '''[[http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1861.html Sappers]]''', Creator/RudyardKipling |
| 7 | |
| 8 | ->''"Yessir--Ol' B Comp'ny broke another bridge buildin' record. A kraut regiment is retreatin' across it."'' |
| 9 | -->--Caption from a Creator/BillMauldin cartoon in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ->''"That's a communications system. It needs repair but I'm willing to bet that you've brought one of those famed Starfleet engineers who can [[MacGyvering turn rocks into replicators]]."'' |
| 12 | --> -- '''Keevan''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E02RocksAndShoals Rocks and Shoals]]" |
| 13 | |
| 14 | ->'''Bob:''' Are you the Corps of Engineers, the guys who build the runways the planes land on? |
| 15 | ->'''Navy Combat Engineer:''' Hell no! We're the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabee Seabees!]] [[BadassBoast We build the roads the Japs retreat on!]] |
| 16 | -->-- '''Creator/BobHope''' |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ->''"Whenever I start complaining about ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics''[='s=] challenge peaking at Act Three, Balk [[WakeupCallBoss always appears to shut me up]]. He's not terribly important to the story -- just another proletarian activist/machinist aligned with the templars -- but dealing with him in battle is a pain in the ass. He's fast. He has innate support abilities that make it [[MyRulesAreNotYourRules so your attacks never seem to do as much damage as they should]]. He always comes packing some horrible magic-shooting gun... And he always makes sure [[CombatPragmatist you're coming into the fight at a disadvantage]]. The first time you meet him, he poisons everyone on your team before the battle even starts, then snipes at you from behind a wall of knights and archers. When he challenges you to a rematch later on, he blasts at you from an advantageous position, sics some of the most powerful monsters in the game on you (those fucking hydras), and keeps a Chemist around to help shoot at you and toss recovery/resurrection items at the dragons. If you want a warrior's job done right, it sometimes takes a scientist."'' |
| 19 | -->--'''Pat R.''', [[http://www.socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=fft "But I Sure Do Miss the Nineties"]] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ->''When I got to Vietnam they made me a "combat engineer, pioneer" -- which they told us meant we were sort of like infantry, but too dumb to carry a rifle, so they gave us a shovel. Actually, our primary tools were high explosives and chain saws -- and yes, some were dumb enough to be killed by both.'' |
| 22 | -->--From an [[https://sites.google.com/site/joehaldemansf/biography/autobiographical-ramble autobiographical sketch]] by '''Creator/JoeHaldeman''' |
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