Computers Are Like Humans - They Do

The Total Subject Of Mathematics Is Clearly Too Broad For Any Of Us. I Do Not Think That Any Mathematician Since Gauss Has Covered It Uniformly And Fully; Even Hilbert Did Not And All Of Us Are Of Considerably Lesser Width Quite Apart From The Question Of Depth Than Hilbert.

Neumann, To A Physicist Seeking Help With A Difficult Problem: Simple. This Can Be Solved By Using The Method Of Characteristics. Physicist: I'm Afraid I Don't Understand The Method Of Characteristics. Neumann: In Mathematics You Don't Understand Things. You Just Get Used To Them.

All Stable Processes We Shall Predict. All Unstable Processes We Shall Control.

If People Do Not Believe That Mathematics Is Simple, It Is Only Because They Do Not Realize How Complicated Life Is.

I Am A Little Troubled About The Tea Service In The Electronic Computer Building. Apparently The Members Of Your Staff Consume Several Times As Much Supplies As The Same Number Of People Do In Fuld Hall And They Have Been Especially Unfair In The Matter Of Sugar.... I Should Like To Raise The Question Whether It Would Not Be Better For The Computer People To Come Up To Fuld Hall At The End Of The Day At 5 O'clock And Have Their Tea Here Under Proper Supervision.