John Von Neumann Quotes
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I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe in Hilbert space anymore.
— John Von Neumann
Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
— John Von Neumann
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
— John Von Neumann
There probably is a God. Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't.
— John Von Neumann
Some people want everything for nothing.
— Victor J. Banis
Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation of those which he has.
— Marguerite Yourcenar
Technological possibilities are irresistible to man. If man can go to the moon, he will. If he can control the climate, he will.
— John Von Neumann
Truth is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations.
— John Von Neumann
She struggled to distinguish between signs she received from the universe and those she conjured up in her head.
— Leslye Walton
It is very well to say "be prudent, be careful, try to know each other." But how are you to know each other?
— Florence Nightingale
John von Neumann was the only student I was ever afraid of.
— George Polya
A sky
full
of stars
and he
was staring
at her.
- ATTICUS — Atticus Poetry
full
of stars
and he
was staring
at her.
- ATTICUS — Atticus Poetry
Computers are like humans - they do everything except think.
— John Von Neumann
Life is a process which may be abstracted from other media.
— John Von Neumann
I am thinking about something much more important than bombs. I am thinking about computers.
— John Von Neumann
Problems are often stated in vague terms ... because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are.
— John Von Neumann
Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
— John Von Neumann
You don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in.
— John Von Neumann
There is no point in being precise if you do not even know what you are talking about.
— John Von Neumann
When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language of the nervous system.
— John Von Neumann
The biggest nationalist in Russia: that's me.
— Vladimir Putin
You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong.
— John Von Neumann
Marketing is for companies who have sucky products.
— Fred Wilson
I expand in abundance, success, and love every day, as I inspire those around me to do the same.
— Gay Hendricks
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about
— John Von Neumann