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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!

If you read all the time what other people have done, you will the think the way they thought.

It is better to do the right problem the wrong way than the wrong problem the right way.

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

The real problem is what can man and machine do together and not in competition.

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

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

There are wavelengths that people cannot see, there are sounds that people cannot hear, and maybe computers have thoughts that people cannot think.

The purpose of computation is insight, not numbers.

In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe.

Good scientists will fight the system rather than learn to work with the system.

Typing is no substitute for thinking.

Computer scientists stand on each other's feet.

What are the important problems of your field?

If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work.

The emotion at the point of technical breakthrough is better than wine, women and song put together.

Beware of finding what you're looking for.
[A favorite aphorism he often used.]

What you learn from others you can use to follow.
What you learn for yourself you can use to lead.

Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door.

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

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

Luck favors the prepared mind.