Computes Quotes & Sayings

Some people take the view that the universe is simply there, and it runs along - it's a bit as though it just sort of computes, and we happen by accident to find ourselves in this thing. I don't think that's a very fruitful or helpful way of looking at the universe. — Roger Penrose

I like red wine because it's more sophisticated, more complex and mature. It's a bit like me, no longer young but not old yet either. — Mick Hucknall

I have been blessed to have experienced so much in my short lifetime. — LeAnn Rimes

The computational paradigm for the universe supplements the ordinary mechanistic paradigm: the universe is not just a machine, it is a machine that processes information. The universe computes. The computing universe is not a metaphor, but a mathematical fact: the universe is a physical system that can be programmed at its most microscopic level to perform universal digital computation. Moreover, the universe is not just a computer: it is a quantum computer. Quantum mechanics is constantly injecting fresh, random bits into the universe. Because of its computational nature, the universe processes and interprets those bits, naturally giving rise to all sorts of complex order and structure (Lloyd, 2006). — Paul Davies

The Excellence Manifesto #2

I will resist impatience.
I will resist deceitfulness.
I will resist bitterness.
I will resist ignorance.
I will resist foolishness.
I will resist pridefulness.
I will resist unrighteousness.

I will conquer laziness.
I will subdue indifference.
I will beat incompetence.
I will defeat averageness.
I will overcome fearfulness.
I will transcend weakness.
I will quash unproductiveness. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could claim to love each other and not want to sanctify their love with marriage and fidelity. — David Brooks

It's going to take a while." I add. "After I've changed the dressing I have to give him a thorough...physical exam."
Walker's eyebrows shoot up and he gives me a smirk. — Mila Gray

An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens. — Robert Benchley

Things slow down, the ball seems a lot bigger and you feel like you have more time. Everything computes - you have options, but you always take the right one. — John McEnroe

[With Photosynth,] all of those photos become linked together, and they make something emergent that's greater than the sum of the parts. — Blaise Aguera Y Arcas

My mom means the world to me. She's always been the one to get me up early for work, help me with my make up and hair, and just be there to support me in whatever I do. She always makes sure that no matter what, I'm happy in what I'm doing. — Raini Rodriguez

The N2-20 is a military device and according to the last article I read it computes at 900 milicycles per millisecond. Though that was two months ago, so the information may not be reliable any longer." "If — Katina Vader

I introduce the subject of fine structure with a mini-calendar of events. ...

Winter 1914-15. Sommerfeld computes relativistic orbits for hydrogen-like atoms. Pashcen, aware of these studies, carefully investigates fine structures, ....

January 6, 1916. Sommerfeld announces his fine structure formula, citing results to be published by Paschen in support of his answer.

February 1916. Einstein to Sommerfeld: "A revelation!"

March 1916. Bohr to Sommerfeld: "I do not believe ever to have read anything with more joy than your beautiful work."

September 1916. Paschen publishes his work, acknowledging Sommerfeld's "indefatigable efforts. — Abraham Pais

When companies start measuring success by clicks that doesn't compute to us, the only thing that computes to us is cash. — Bruce Berkowitz

The universe computes its own destiny. — James Gleick

Freedom means self-fulfillment. It also means putting up with other people's irritating pursuit of the same. It means being confronted by disturbing images and ideas. — Wendy McElroy

No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculations than those by which a man computes the force of his own genius. — Samuel Johnson

The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. — Henry David Thoreau

You rarely know, in the moment, when it's the last time you'll do something. Most of the time, the whole thing just sneaks away in the night, never to be seen or heard from again, not even sending back so much as a postcard to say hello. — Michelle Cuevas

Look at World War II, at Hitler's cruelty. The more cruelty, the more enthusiasm for revolution. — Mao Zedong

The spectacular thing about Johnny [von Neumann] was not his power as a mathematician, which was great, or his insight and his clarity, but his rapidity; he was very, very fast. And like the modern computer, which no longer bothers to retrieve the logarithm of 11 from its memory (but, instead, computes the logarithm of 11 each time it is needed), Johnny didn't bother to remember things. He computed them. You asked him a question, and if he didn't know the answer, he thought for three seconds and would produce and answer. — Paul R. Halmos

Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence. — Rumi

What have I left,from loving you?
Just my voice,with no sudden echo
Just my fingers,which grasp nothing
Just my skin,which seeks your hands
And above all fear,of loving you still
Tomorrow,almost dead.
Charles Aznavour — Guillaume Musso