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Letter "V" » Vannevar Bush Quotes
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«Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.»
Author: Vannevar Bush
(Engineer)
«Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.»
Author: Vannevar Bush
(Engineer)
«A belief may be larger than a fact.»
Author: Vannevar Bush
(Engineer)
«The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.»
Author: Vannevar Bush
(Engineer)
«To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.»
Author: Vannevar Bush
(Engineer)
«If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.»
Author: Vannevar Bush
(Engineer)
«Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.»
Author: Vannevar Bush
(Engineer)
«Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of simple ways too, have it in some form and in some degree. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. If we abandon that mission under stress we shall abandon it forever, for stress will not cease. Knowledge for the sake of understanding, not merely to prevail, that is the essence of our being. None can define its limits, or set its ultimate boundaries.»
Author: Vannevar Bush
(Engineer)
«As We May Think,»
Author: Vannevar Bush
(Engineer)
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