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Scientists Quotes by Richard Hamming
- Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough to go ahead;…
- When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information theory, what do…
- One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage. Once you get your courage up and believe that you can do important problems, then…
- Often the great scientists, by turning the problem around a bit, changed a defect to an asset. For example, many scientists when they found they…
- One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage.
- Mathematicians stand on each others' shoulders and computer scientists stand on each others' toes.
- Good scientists will fight the system rather than learn to work with the system.
More Scientists Quotes
- When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural. — Amelia Barr
- Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid. — Dave Barry
- Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source of energy… — Scott Adams
- My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think… — Martha Beck
- Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians. — Mortimer Adler
- Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas.… — Edward de Bono
- I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers… — Norman Borlaug