
„Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems“
— René Descartes French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist 1596 - 1650
Zdroj: Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995: An Exhibition Catalogue
„Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems“
— René Descartes French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist 1596 - 1650
— Russell L. Ackoff Scientist 1919 - 2009
Cited in Donella Meadows (2008) Thinking in Systems: a Primer. p. 1.
1970s, The future of operational research is past, 1979
„Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other“
— Michael Morpurgo, kniha War Horse
Zdroj: War Horse
— Mark Manson American writer and blogger 1984
Zdroj: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016), Chapter 8, “The Importance of Saying No” (pp. 177-178)
„What I cannot create, I do not understand.Know how to solve every problem that has been solved.“
— Richard Feynman American theoretical physicist 1918 - 1988
on his blackboard at the time of death in February 1988; from a photo in the Caltech archives http://archives.caltech.edu/pictures/1.10-29.jpg
„What I cannot create, I do not understand.Know how to solve every problem that has been solved.“
— Richard Feynman American theoretical physicist 1918 - 1988
on his blackboard at the time of death in February 1988; from a photo in the Caltech archives http://archives.caltech.edu/pictures/1.10-29.jpg
„Most problems do not get solved. They get superseded by other concerns.“
— Thomas Sowell American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author 1930
1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
— Nathan Seiberg American physicist 1956
as quoted by Sandhya Ramesh in: [Interview: 'There's No Conflict Between Lack of Evidence of String Theory and Work Being Done on It', The Wire, Bengaluru, 7 January 2018, https://thewire.in/science/theres-no-conflict-lack-evidence-string-theory-work-done]
— Trent Lott United States Senator from Mississippi 1941
On Sunnis and Shia, as quoted in CNN http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/09/lott-bush-barely-mentioned-iraq-in.html (2006).
2000s
— Edwin Thompson Jaynes American physicist 1922 - 1998
Probability Theory: The Logic of Science (2003)
„We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.“
— Jimmy Carter American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981) 1924
— Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X
Zdroj: The Devotion of Suspect X
— Karl Popper Austrian-British philosopher of science 1902 - 1994
Colin Powell in My American Journey (1995)
Misattributed
— Carl Sandburg American writer and editor 1878 - 1967
"Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come."
"The People, Yes" (1936)