Problem Quote by Richard Hamming Download Open image “It is better to do the right problem the wrong way than the wrong problem the right way.” — Richard Hamming ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Problem Problem Right Problem solving Problem Wrong Right Problem Right way Science Solutions Way Wrong Problem Wrong way
It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right. — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
Doing something right is far better than doing something wrong in right way. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
It's better to solve the right problem approximately than to solve the wrong problem exactly. — John Tukey Copy Share Image
The human dilemma is not whether to do right or wrong, but rather to do right when it matters the most, and wrong when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
You've got to have a problem that you want to solve; a wrong that you want to right. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
It is better to go wrong in one's own way than to go right in someone else's. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Science is composed of laws which were originally based on a small, carefully selected set of observations, often not very accurately measured originally; but… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Given two people with exactly the same ability, the one person who manages day in and day out to get in one more hour… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Mathematicians stand on each others' shoulders and computer scientists stand on each others' toes. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Beware of finding what you're looking for. A favorite aphorism he often used. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Mathematics is not merely an idle art form, it is an essential part of our society. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Perhaps the central problem we face in all of computer science is how we are to get to the situation where we build on… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean… — John Searle Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second… — Vikram Sarabhai Copy Share Image
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It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress. Thinking, negative thinking causes stress. The real cause of all problems lie in our… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world - the problem… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow. — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
Every human creates his own problems. Problems are ones private property and we shouldnt meddle into them self-initiatively. — Ruben Papian Copy Share Image