Claude Shannon

The most important thing in science is not to get the right answer, but to ask the right question.

The world is full of information, but very little of it is useful.

I like to think of myself as a professional amateur.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

If you want to understand something, try to change it.

The more complex the system, the more ways it can fail.

I'm not interested in making money, I'm interested in making things.

The greatest invention of all time is the human mind.

The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.

The only constant in life is change.

I'm not a genius, I just work hard.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

I'm not afraid of computers. I'm afraid of the people who use them.

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence itself, but to act with yesterday's logic.

I'm just trying to make sense of the world.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.