The purpose of computation is insight, not numbers.

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

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!

The most dangerous thought you can have as a creative person is to think you know what you’re doing.

Typing is no substitute for thinking.

Mathematics is not merely an idle art form, it is an essential part of our society.

True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter.

You can tell other people all the alibis you want. I don't mind. But to yourself try to be honest.

It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.

I'm not sure if you even want me around or if you just feel sorry for me. I'm not sure of anything.

When I rode the train west, I went looking for something, but I didn't see anything wonderful.I didn't see anything better than what I already had.Home.

I don't want to see no dead body. Willie ain't in there. She put her walkin' shoes on. She gone to see the Lord.

I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me.

Whatever you believe with emotion becomes reality. You always act in a manner consistent with your innermost beliefs and convictions.

Voluntary dependence is the wonderful form of existence, and how could that be possible without love?

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

Man is the being who, from cradle to grave has to abide by either his man-made laws or heavenly law.

So, are you... intrigued ... by Stanhope?" "Intrigued by him?" "Indeed. Do you find him ..." he paused. "Intriguing?" she teased. He sent her an exasperated look.