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John von Neumann has 31 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant…
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The calculus was the first achievement of modern mathematics and it is difficult to overestimate its importance. I think it defines more…
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It is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field…
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You don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in.
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With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.
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Kurt Godel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental - indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark…
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Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. For, as has been…
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I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe in Hilbert space anymore.
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Technological possibilities are irresistible to man. If man can go to the moon, he will. If he can control the climate, he…
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All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.
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You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do,…
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Problems are often stated in vague terms... because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are.
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Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another.
— Augusto Roa Bastos
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Anyone who attempts to construe a personal view of God which conflicts with church dogma must be burned without pity.
— Pope Innocent III
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Anyone who attempts to build great things will face challenges.
— Jon Gordon
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Anyone who attempts anything original in the world must expect a bit of ridicule.
— Alberto Juantorena
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I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world…
— Mark Kurlansky
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In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation…
— Calvin Trillin
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Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
— John von Neumann
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I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a…
— Sarah Dessen
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...anyone who attempts to do both, to adjust to his group and at the same time pursue his individual goal, becomes neurotic.
— Carl Jung
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Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.
— Sherry Argov
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