"Question every assumption and go towards the problem, like the way they flew to the moon. We should have more moon shots and flights to the moon in areas of societal importance."

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Source : "A Beautiful Mind" by Bianca Bosker, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2012.

Sebastian Thrun

#Moon Quotes #Way Quotes #Assumption Quotes

“A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.”
“Truth is hate to those who hate the truth.”
“... programming requires more concentration than other activities. It's the reason programmers get upset about 'quick interruptions' - such interruptions are tantamount to asking a juggler to keep three balls in the air and hold your groceries at the same time.”
“It's like that, I guess, when the past come to collect what you owe.”

Source : Esi Edugyan (2012). “Half-Blood Blues: A Novel”, p.23, Macmillan
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.”
“Science asks no questions about the ontological pedigree or a priori character of a theory, but is content to judge it by its performance; and it is thus that a knowledge of nature, having all the certainty which the senses are competent to inspire, has been attained--a knowledge which maintains a strict neutrality toward all philosophical systems and concerns itself not with the genesis or a priori grounds of ideas.”

Source : Chauncey Wright (2003). “Philosphical Discussions”, p.47, A&C Black
“Picasso said that no one has to explain a daffodil. Good design is understandable to virtually everybody. You never have to ask why.”
“Start with something messy, get to the point, get an editor, and make it good.”

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