John von Neumann Quotes

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

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

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Up
  • Space
  • Guitar

• Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Sometimes
  • Laugh
  • I Can

• We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Heroes
  • Conflicts
  • Tale

• I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.

  

  J. Philippe Rushton
  • London
  • University
  • Received

• To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.

  

  Dale Dauten
  • See
  • Need
  • Company

• It was hard at school because, growing up, some people wanted to be friends with me just because they wanted to get to my dad and say that they had met him and had gone to our house. I didn't understand it at the time, but the older I got and the more aware of it I became, it started becoming hard.

  

  Francia Raisa
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • Believe
  • Journey
  • Computers

• One can not impede scientific progress.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Science
  • Progress

• I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.

  

  Tamera Mowry
  • People
  • Opinion
  • Person

• Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Love
  • Movies
  • Bond

• Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.

  

  Ferran Adria
  • Time
  • Risk
  • Failure

• I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.

  

  Florentijn Hofman
  • Art
  • Funny
  • Inspiration

• For my life, I need to make my own choices.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Life
  • Choices
  • My Life

• If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • American
  • House
  • Door

• Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Never
  • Again
  • Divided

• Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.

  

  Ted Koppel
  • Truth
  • Society
  • Strong

• We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century. We have made hardly any changes in our conception of university organization, education, graduation, for a century - for several centuries.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • Education
  • Organization
  • Graduation

• I don't read books.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Books
  • Read

• I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Time
  • Done
  • Business

• I don't type fast. I type with three fingers - two on one hand, and I only get one going on the other. I think my thumb's in there, but I'm not sure. I may be no better than an orangutan when it comes to that.

  

  Steve Earle
  • May
  • Hands
  • Fingers

• I grew up in the time of Germany after the war.

  

  Bernhard Langer
  • Up
  • Time
  • War

• We are a product of our families, schools, and churches. Without the liberty and rule of law that characterize America, entrepreneurship would indeed be impossible. Any successful American who is not a patriot is a rank ingrate.

  

  Rich Lowry
  • School
  • Impossible
  • Patriot

• Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

  

  Sam Ewing
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

  

  John von Neumann
  • People
  • Life
  • Believe