Endre Szemeredi famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Too much knowledge could be a bad thing. I was lead to the SzemerÃ©di theorem by proving a result, about squares, that Euler had already proven, and I relied on an "obvious" fact, about arithmetical progressions, that was unproved at the time. But that lead me to try and prove that formerly unproved statement- about arithmetical progressions-and that ultimately lead to the SzemerÃ©di Theorem.
-- Endre Szemeredi

#Science #Squares #Trying
I am a professor at the computer science department, but I don't know how to use a computer, not even for Email.
-- Endre Szemeredi

#Science #Email #Use
You must all know about Bourgain, so I don't have to write his name on the board-for an obvious reason.
-- Endre Szemeredi

#Writing #Science #Names

I am putting together a secular bible. My Genesis is when the apple falls on Newton's head.
Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.
We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent or self-satisfied; they are, if sound, the spearhead of progress. If they are fundamentally wrong, free discussion will in time put an end to them.
Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.
Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go.
Why can't a woman be more like a man? Men are so honest, so thoroughly square; Eternally noble, historically fair; Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can't a woman be like that?
Seville never had a rich chess tradition. Valencia is entirely different, it is enough to say that one of the city squares is named after me.
A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis.Â God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!

Endre Szemeredi famous quotes

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