Claude Shannon

Cryptography is a method of keeping your secrets from your enemies.

The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity.

Games of strategy are my favorite.

Life is like a game of chess; every move counts.

Boolean algebra is the key to digital logic.

The future belongs to those who can harness information.

Juggling is the art of controlling multiple objects.

Unicycle riding teaches balance in life.

The world is full of surprises in information theory.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication in engineering.

I never took a course in information theory; I invented it.

Channel capacity is the maximum rate at which information can be transmitted.

The rat in the maze is like the mind navigating ideas.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.

The telephone is a marvelous invention, but it interrupts thought.

Feedback is the essence of control systems.

Curiosity is the engine of achievement.

The universe is a giant computer.

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas; worry about them not having any.