Richard Hamming Quotes
Given two people with exactly the same ability, the one person who manages day in and day out to get in one more hour of thinking will be tremendously more productive over a lifetime.
There are wavelengths that people cannot see, there are sounds that people cannot hear, and maybe computers have thoughts that people cannot think.
If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work.
Newton said, "If I have seen further than others, it is because I've stood on the shoulders of giants." These days we stand on each other's feet!
Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes.
You can tell other people all the alibis you want. I don't mind. But to yourself try to be honest.
True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter.
The most dangerous thought you can have as a creative person is to think you know what you’re doing.
He who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but he also occasionally gets clues as to what the world is and what might be important.
In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe.
Mathematicians stand on each others' shoulders and computer scientists stand on each others' toes.
Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door.
What you learn from others you can use to follow. What you learn for yourself you can use to lead.
It is better to do the right problem the wrong way than the wrong problem the right way.
What you learn from others you can use to follow.What you learn for yourself you can use to lead.