Long Design Lives
Some products designed for heavy or demanding use are so well-made that they are retained and used well beyond their design life. Some public transport vehicles come into this category, as do a number of artificial satellites and spacecraft.
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Famous quotes containing the words long, design and/or lives:
“O weary night, O long and tedious night,
Abate thy hours, shine comforts from the east.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself but to put myself back together again. Suicide will be for me only one means of violently reconquering myself, of brutally invading my being, of anticipating the unpredictable approaches of God. By suicide, I reintroduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will.”
—Antonin Artaud (1896–1948)
“Comfort’s in heaven, and we are on the earth,
Where nothing lives but crosses, cares, and grief.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)