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There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.


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If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.



You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that.

You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that.



Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.



Computers are like humans - they do everything except think.

Computers are like humans - they do everything except think.



Truth is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations.

Truth is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations.



Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.



With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.

With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.



All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.

All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.



There probably is a God. Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't.

There probably is a God. Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't.



When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language of the nervous system.

When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language of the nervous system.





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You don't like the girl. You don't know what color eyes she has, you don't like her.

You don't like the girl. You don't know what color eyes she has, you don't like her.



Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.

Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.



There's always something new by looking at the same thing over and over.

There's always something new by looking at the same thing over and over.



The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms.

The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms.



Proceed calmly in life.

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