Shocking Sayings

1,935 sayings found from the Modern era

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I insist upon the view that 'all is waves'.

— Erwin Schrodinger 1989 (book published, quote from earlier writings)
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What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space.

— Erwin Schrodinger 1954
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It is not possible that this unity of knowledge, feeling and choice which you call your own should have sprung into being from nothingness at a given moment not so long ago; rather this knowledge, feeling and choice are essentially eternal and unchan…

— Erwin Schrodinger 1944
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

— Richard Feynman 1986
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Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.

— Richard Feynman 1981
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God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.

— Richard Feynman 1988
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It doesn't seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different planets, and all these atoms with all their motions, and so on, all this complicated thing…

— Richard Feynman 1988
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At some stage therefore we should have to expect the machines to take control.

— Alan Turing 1951
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Once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers.

— Alan Turing 1951
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The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.'

— Grace Hopper Late 20th century (often cited in articles from the 1980s)
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You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.

— Grace Hopper Late 20th century (often cited in articles from the 1980s)
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They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

— Grace Hopper Mid-20th century, often recounted in later interviews.
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Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic — you run against people who can't change their minds.

— Grace Hopper Mid-to-late 20th century, recounted in interviews.
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If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but... to build systems of computers and operate them in parallel.

— Grace Hopper Late 20th century, recounted in interviews.
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The most important thing I've accomplished, other than building the compiler, is training young people.

— Grace Hopper Late 20th century (often cited)
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I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.

— Grace Hopper Late 20th century (often cited)
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At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.

— Grace Hopper Late 20th century, recounted in interviews.
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You don't teach people how to be curious. You give them the tools through which they can express their curiosity.

— Grace Hopper Late 20th century (often cited)
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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

— Grace Hopper Late 20th century (often cited)
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Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

— John von Neumann Mid-20th century
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