Peter Norvig famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Let me just say that, if you ever have the choice of putting your words in powerpoint or having them carved into 30-foot high marble, I'd say go for the marble.
-- Peter Norvig

#Feet #Choices #Let Me
My belief is that PowerPoint doesn't kill meetings. People kill meetings.
-- Peter Norvig

#People #Belief #Kill Me
More data beats clever algorithms, butÂ better data beats more data.
-- Peter Norvig

#Clever #Data #Algorithms
I think test-driven design is great. But you can test all you want and if you donâ€™t know how to approach the problem, youâ€™re not going to get a solution.
-- Peter Norvig

#Thinking #Design #Want
PowerPoint doesn't kill meetings. People kill meetings. But using PowerPoint is like having a loaded AK-47 on the table: You can do very bad things with it.
-- Peter Norvig

#Ak 47 #People #Tables
The people who hate SICP are the ones who just want to know how to drive their car on the highway, just like everyone else.
-- Peter Norvig

#Hate #Car #People
Using PowerPoint is like having a loaded AK-47 on the table.
-- Peter Norvig

#Ak 47 #Tables #Powerpoint
Simple models and a lot of data trump more elaborate models based on less data.
-- Peter Norvig

#Simple #Data #Trump
When I was in school, working as a team was called cheating.
-- Peter Norvig

#Cheating #Team #School
We dont have better algorithms, we just have more data
-- Peter Norvig

#Data #Algorithms
All models are wrong, and increasingly you can succeed without them.
-- Peter Norvig

#Succeed #Models
Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens of Google engineers use Python, and we're looking for more people with skills in this language.
-- Peter Norvig

#Skills #Python #People
Peers can be the best teachers, because they're the ones that remember what it's like to not understand.
-- Peter Norvig

#Teacher #Motivation #Inspiration

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