Anything Quote by Herbert A. Simon Download Open image “Like Humpty Dumpty, we can make words mean anything we want them to mean.” — Herbert A. Simon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Anything Humpty dumpty Language Like Make Mean Words
“Philosophers often seem to think that they can just 'assign' any meaning whatever to any word; and so no doubt, in an absolutely trivial… — J.L. Austin Copy Share Image
When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Why do humans use words that don’t mean what they actually mean?” — Arabella Sveinsdottir Copy Share Image
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Words are good for saying what things are, but sometimes they don't function for what things aren't. — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Words have a life of their own. There is no telling what they will do. Within a matter of days, they can even turn… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
Words are just words that spit out of a persons mouth unless they give them definition by showing actions that give the same meaning. — Megan Copy Share Image
My research career has been devoted to understanding human decision-making and problem-solving processes. The pursuit of this goal has led me into the fields… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
By a combination of formal training and self study, the latter continuing systematically well into the 1940s, I was able to gain a broad… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
I think those who object to my characterizing man as simple want somehow to retain a deep mystery at his core. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
I tried to develop some theories that took account of the uncertainty in the world and the complexity in the world. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
Among my European ancestors were piano builders, goldsmiths, and vintners but, to the best of my knowledge, no professionals of any kind. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
The density of settlement of economists over the whole empire of economic science is very uneven, with a few areas of modest size holding… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
Viewed as a geometric figure, the ant's path is irregular, complex, and hard to describe. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
I like to think that since I was about 19, I have studied human decision-making and problem-solving. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
“In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 15, 1916. My father, an electrical engineer, had come to the United States in 1903 after… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
In arguing that machines think, we are in the same fix as Darwin when he argued that man shares common ancestors with monkeys, or… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job. — Owen Farrell Copy Share Image
I would give anything to be able to kick a ball with my son or read the kids a bedtime story. — Rob Burrow Copy Share Image
Comfort food is really anything you want at that time. That said, I really love Naple-style pizza. — Geoffrey Zakarian Copy Share Image
I haven't shut any doors, and I'm really open to anything, so I think it's just about the material and what is going to… — Danielle Panabaker Copy Share Image
When it really comes down to it, the job you do is more important and is more representative of who you are than your… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
The reason I'm drawn to it is - both the off road racing and the motorcycles on the track - it takes a lot… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
I never did drama at school. I did it for one term, when it was compulsory, and I hated it. Tennis was the main… — Luke Mitchell Copy Share Image
We live in such a special time when literally anything we can think of is possible — Daniel Willey Copy Share Image
You know, I'm from Baltimore; nobody has anything. When somebody had talent, I was hiring my uncle, my cousin, you know? Getting people that… — Sisqo Copy Share Image
I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.' — Billie Whitelaw Copy Share Image
I think anything that anyone writes thats any good is going to have a lot of autobiography. — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
If the Bible is correct, and the Earth is only 6,000 years old, that means there were no dinosaurs, and museum curators have been… — Ron Shock Copy Share Image
