"All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.”
—John von Neumann (1903-1957)
"If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is"
-John von Neumann (1903-1957)
“Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.”
― John von Neumann (1903-1957)
“It is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field does not increase unless the electric field has a curl. Both are laws of nature.”
― John von Neumann (1903-1957)
“There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about”
― John von Neumann (1903-1957)