"The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers."

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Source : "Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers". Book by Richard Hamming, 1962.

Richard Hamming

#Numbers Quotes #Statistics Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.”
“The public is a bad guesser.”
“You won't forget me, Peter, will you, before spring-cleaning time comes? Of course Peter promised, and then he flew away. He took Mrs. Darling's kiss with him. The kiss that had been for no one else Peter took quite easily. Funny. But she seemd satisfied.”
“If human nature eventually is going to take the place of nature everywhere, those of us who have been naturalists will have to transpose the faith in nature which is inherent in the profession to a faith in man-if necessary, man alone in the world.”

Source : Edward Hoagland, HOAGLAND EDWARD. (1995). “Tugman's Passage”, Lyons Press
“Just fully being skillful involves total lack of inhibition. We are not afraid to be. We are not afraid to live. We must accept ourselves as being warriors. If we acknowledge ourselves as warriors, then there is a way in, because a warrior dares to be, like a tiger in the jungle.”
“What do you call those knobby things on doors that help you open them?”
“My wife went off with Elvis.”
“The only people you can really share certain things with in secret are your girlfriends.”

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