Richard R. Nelson famous quotes

You have to honor failure, because failure is just the negative space around success.
-- Richard R. Nelson

#Learning #Space #Honor

While much of modern behavioral and social science treats individuals as autonomous agents, it is absolutely clear that the way we think and act is enormously influenced by the culture in which we live. It also is clear that the major elements of modern culture-science, technology, law, music, and religion-have evolved over time in a quite concrete sense of the term. Mesoudi makes these arguments very well and his book is a very good read.
-- Richard R. Nelson

#Book #Technology #Thinking

There may be more to learn from climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.
-- Richard R. Nelson

#Motivational #Climbing #Hiking

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

Learning is a plant that grows in all climes.

Learning (Shakespeare's plays) ...in school was a bit of a bore.

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical.

The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.

Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.

Thus would I double my life's fading space;For he that runs it well, runs twice his race.

I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.

So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good.

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.