John von Neumann Quotes

“All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.”

“An element which stimulates itself will hold a stimulus indefinitely.”

“Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. For, as has been pointed out several times, there is no such thing as a random number – there are only methods to produce random numbers, and a strict arithmetic procedure of course is not such a method.”

“Can we survive technology?”

“Computers are like humans – they do everything except think.”

“In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.”

“A system of logical instructions that an automaton can carry out and which causes the automaton to perform some organized task is called a code.”

“It is only proper to realize that language is largely a historical accident.”