"A record, if it is to be useful……" — Vannevar Bush
"A record, if it is to be useful to science, must be continuously extended, it must be stored, and above all it must be consulted."
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Vannevar Bush
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25 Quotes by Vannevar Bush
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter,…
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Basic scientific research is scientific capital.
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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to…
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A belief may be larger than a fact.
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The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.
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To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to…
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As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of…
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There will always be plenty of things to compute in the detailed affairs of millions of people doing complicated things.
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The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.
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Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to…
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Associative indexing, the basic idea of which is a provision whereby any item may be caused at will to select…
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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