Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 51 " Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. " ―  Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man   See also:  O xford Reference .

Quote of the Week 50 " Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it. " ―  Jonathan Swift Background information:  Quote Investigator .

Quote of the Week 48 " When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. " ―  Goodhart's Law See  Wikipedia  for background information.

Quote of the Week 47 " The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. " ―  attributed to George Bernard Shaw See also  Q uote Investigator .  

Quote of the Week 46 " Never let your skill exceed your virtue. " ―  Old Korean saying according to Harold Hongju Koh (former Dean of Yale Law School)

Quote of the Week 45 " If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine. " ―  J im Barksdale  

Quote of the Week " The only true infinite thing is our ignorance. " ― Carlo Rovelli in " Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity ".

Quote of the Week " When you're dealing with exponential growth, the time to act is when it feels too early. " ―  Paul Graham First seen on Twitter .

Quote of the Week " A healthy society speaks with more than one voice. " ―  Li Wenliang (who died in February 2020)  

Quote of the Week " All models are wrong, but some models are useful. " ― George Box

Quote of the Week " Looked at in one way, everyone knows what intelligence is; looked at in another way, no one does. " ―  Robert J. Sternberg Quote from the " Handbook of Intelligence " cited in François Chollet’s seminal paper “ On the Measure of Intelligence ” that makes the case that for AI systems to reach their potential, we need quantitative and actionable methods that measure intelligence in a way that shows similarities with human cognition.

Quote of the Week " When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. " ―  Arthur C. Clarke ( Clarke's 1st Law )

Quote of the Week 7 " Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,   Courage to change the things I can,   And wisdom to know the difference. " ―  Serenity prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr See also:  LinkedIn  post.

Quote of the Week 6 " From the pain come the dream  From the dream come the vision  From the vision come the people  From the people come the power  From this power come the change " ― Peter Gabriel See also: LinkedIn post.

Quote of the Week 5 " I ought to have judged by deeds and not by words. " ―  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry See also:   LinkedIn   post.  

Quote of the Week 4 " Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. " ―  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry See also:   LinkedIn   post.  

Quote of the Week 3 " To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. " ― Bertrand Russell See also:   LinkedIn   post.  

Quote of the Week 2 " Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise. " ―  Bertrand Russell See also:   LinkedIn   post.  

Quote of the Week 1 " The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. " ―  Bertrand Russell See also:   LinkedIn   post.  

Quote of the Week 52 " The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. " ― George Bernard Shaw See also:   LinkedIn   post.  

Quote of the Week 51 " Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm. " ― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg See also:   LinkedIn   post.  

Quote of the Week 50 " Those who never have time do least. " ―  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg " Man sollte nie so viel zu tun haben, dass man zum Nachdenken keine Zeit mehr hat. " See also:   LinkedIn   post.