A belief may be larger than a fact. A faith that is overdefined is the very faith most likely to prove inadequate to the great moments of life. — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut. — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world.… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of simple ways too, have it in some form and in some degree. It isthe faith that it is the privilegeof man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. If we abandon that mission under… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share
Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
The responsibility for the creation of new scientific knowledge - and for most of its application - rests on that small body of men and women who understand the fundamental laws of nature and are skilled in the techniques of scientific research. We shall have rapid or slow advance on any scientific frontier depending on the number of highly qualified… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share
If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
It was through the Second World War that most of us suddenlyappreciated for the first time the power of man's concentrated efforts to understand… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Give these people money, let them play, and they'll come up with something. — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
