Science is concerned with what is possible while engineering is concerned with choosing, from among the many possible ways, one that meets a number o….

In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe..

Mathematics is not merely an idle art form, it is an essential part of our society..

If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work..

A parable: A man was examining the construction of a cathedral. He asked a stone mason what he was doing chipping the stones, and the mason replied, ….

When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information theory, what do you do for a….

Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door..

Beware of finding what you're looking for. A favorite aphorism he often used..

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers..

What you learn from others you can use to follow. What you learn for yourself you can use to lead..

Newton said, "If I have seen further than others, it is because I've stood on the shoulders of giants." These days we stand on each other's feet!.

If you have the door to your office closed, you get more work done today and tomorrow, and you are more productive than most. But ten years later som….

If the prior distribution, at which I am frankly guessing, has little or no effect on the result, then why bother; and if it has a large effect, then….

The most dangerous thought you can have as a creative person is to think you know what you’re doing..

One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage..

What are the important problems of your field?.

True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter..

Does anyone believe that the difference between the Lebesgue and Riemann integrals can have physical significance, and that whether say, an airplane ….

It may be said "In research, if you know what you are doing, then you shouldn't be doing it." In a sense, if the answer turns out to be exactly what ….

Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough to go ahead; t….

The real problem is what can man and machine do together and not in competition..