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Tag Tag Problem solving
I think that to keep trying new solutions is the way to do everything.
Richard Feynman The Meaning of It All · 1998

Quotes

“The thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”

Ayn Rand · Atlas Shrugged, 1957 · Primary source

“Computer programming is like doing crossword puzzles, and being paid for it.”

Tony Hoare · Computer Science, 1971 · Primary source

“Most problems in real life are poorly understood, in that the real problem is often something different from what it is orginally thought to be.”

Tony Hoare · Computer Science, 1971 · Primary source

“Our problems are manmade—therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”

John F. Kennedy · Commencement address at American University, 1963 · Primary source

“A problem thoroughly understood is half solved.”

Charlie Munger · Daily Journal Corporation Annual Meeting, 2020 · Primary source

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

“Technical people love to discuss technical problems with technical people who might have an opinion or a suggestion that could be useful.”

Richard Feynman · What Do You Care What Other People Think?, 1986 · Primary source

“Invert, always invert.”

Carl Jacobi · No reliable source

Works

Richard Feynman · 1985
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

A collection of autobiographical stories about Feynman’s scientific career, travels, experiments, practical jokes, and persistent curiosity about how things work.

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