Amount Quote by Kenneth E. Iverson

I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important.

— Chelsea Clinton

If it is to be effective as a tool of thought, a notation must allow convenient expression not only of notions arising directly from…

— Kenneth E. Iverson

By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and in effect increases…

— Alfred North Whitehead

“Language at its best is a useful tool, though by its very nature it artificially divides, reduces and oversimplifies.”

— Daniel M. Ingram

Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.

— Humphry Davy

“Language at its best is a useful tool, though by its very nature it artificially divides, reduces and over-simplifies. Hopefully,”

— Daniel M. Ingram

To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay…

— Abraham Maslow

Reading and writing and the preservation of language and its forms and the kind of eloquence and the kind of beauty which the language…

— Iris Murdoch

It is important to distinguish the difficulty of describing and learning a piece of notation from the difficulty of mastering its implications. [...] Indeed,…

— Kenneth E. Iverson

English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to…

— Leon Uris

As soon as a thought or word becomes a tool, one can dispense with actually 'thinking' it, that is, with going through the logical…

— Max Horkheimer

Opinions of language are as interesting as opinions of arithmetic.

— P. J. O'Rourke