Jerome Wiesner quotes

“Some problems are just too complicated for rational, logical solutions. They admit of insights, not answers.”
-- Jerome Wiesner

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“Getting an education at MIT is like taking a drink from a fire hose.”
-- Jerome Wiesner

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“If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

“Attend to mushrooms and all other things will answer up.”

“Don't take 'no' for an answer.”

“Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.”

Source : "Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins'" by Andrew Purcell, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2010.

“The science of anti-Semitism has as its object Judaism as a social problem, being thus, necessarily, the synthesis of all sciences that can contribute to its solution.”

Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.

“We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.”

“We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”

“Because life is complicated and difficult. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't truly lived.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “A Nameless Witch”, p.239, Macmillan

“A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.”

“I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.”