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title: "1 Say Choice Quotes By Peter Norvig"
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> [Let me just say that, if you ever have the choice of putting your words in powerpoint or having them carved into 30-foot high marble, I'd say go for the marble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/let-me-just-say-that-if-you-ever-have-the-choice-of-putting-your/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

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## More by Peter Norvig

> [PowerPoint doesn't kill meetings. People kill meetings. But using PowerPoint is like having a loaded AK-47 on the table: You can do very bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/powerpoint-doesn-t-kill-meetings-people-kill-meetings-but-using/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [We dont have better algorithms, we just have more data](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/we-dont-have-better-algorithms-we-just-have-more-data/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [One of the best programmers I ever hired had only a High School degree; he's produced a lot of great software, has his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/one-of-the-best-programmers-i-ever-hired-had-only-a-high-school/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [Let me just say that, if you ever have the choice of putting your words in powerpoint or having them carved into 30-foot high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/let-me-just-say-that-if-you-ever-have-the-choice-of-putting-your/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [My belief is that PowerPoint doesn't kill meetings. People kill meetings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/my-belief-is-that-powerpoint-doesn-t-kill-meetings-people-kill/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [Simple models and a lot of data trump more elaborate models based on less data.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/simple-models-and-a-lot-of-data-trump-more-elaborate-models-based-on/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [More data beats clever algorithms, but better data beats more data.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/more-data-beats-clever-algorithms-but-better-data-beats-more-data/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [All models are wrong, and increasingly you can succeed without them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/all-models-are-wrong-and-increasingly-you-can-succeed-without-them/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [The people who hate SICP are the ones who just want to know how to drive their car on the highway, just like everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/the-people-who-hate-sicp-are-the-ones-who-just-want-to-know-how-to/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [I think test-driven design is great. But you can test all you want and if you don’t know how to approach the problem, you’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/i-think-test-driven-design-is-great-but-you-can-test-all-you-want-and/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [How can you make informed decisions ... ? The key seems to be to gather experts who are knowledgeable and passionate about the subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/how-can-you-make-informed-decisions-the-key-seems-to-be-to-gather/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [When I was in school, working as a team was called cheating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/when-i-was-in-school-working-as-a-team-was-called-cheating/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [Pascal and C are special-purpose languages for manipulating the registers and memory of a von Neumann-style computer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/pascal-and-c-are-special-purpose-languages-for-manipulating-the/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens of Google…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/python-has-been-an-important-part-of-google-since-the-beginning-and/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

> [Using PowerPoint is like having a loaded AK-47 on the table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-norvig/using-powerpoint-is-like-having-a-loaded-ak-47-on-the-table/)

[Peter Norvig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-norvig/)

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