John Stifter

“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.”
― John von Neumann

“Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

“When the computers developed, they would take over a good deal of the burden of the politicians, and sooner or later would also take over their power,”
― George B. Dyson, Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

“Sixty-some years ago, biochemical organisms began to assemble digital computers. Now digital computers are beginning to assemble biochemical organisms. Viewed from a distance, this looks like part of a life cycle. But which part? Are biochemical organisms the larval phase of digital computers? Or are digital computers the larval phase of biochemical organisms?”
― George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe