Benoit Mandelbrot Quotes

Although computer memory is no longer expensive, there's always a finite size buffer somewhere. When a big piece of news arrives, everybody sends a message to everybody else, and the buffer fills.

Benoit Mandelbrot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: mathematician
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: November 20, 1924 - October 14, 2010

Topics

MemoryNewsAlwaysSizeBigMessage

It feels good to be fit and strong.

Joel Edgerton

GoodStrongFitFeels

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

Joseph Barbera

LaughterWorldRealReleaseRelief

The world is part of us, and we are part of the world. Even through the smallest acts, we can demonstrate that. I believe in the human spirit, in the kindness in all of us, and I am hopeful for this world.

Clemantine Wamariya

KindnessI AmWorldBelieveSpirit

You don't know what inspires you. You like to think you know what inspires you, but in the final analysis I don't think you really do. It's great to look at a blank sheet of paper, you know, and walk up to an instrument and not know what's gonna happen. It's the most challenging thing I do.

Bob Seger

GreatWalkThinkYouLookKnow

I think it's very important for children to understand that women work and that it's fulfilling, and it doesn't mean that they love you any less or care about you any less.

Anna Wintour

WorkLoveWomenChildrenThinkCare

There's always been in my life that tension between living and writing. For me, because I'm so physically exuberant, it was extra hard to sit still at the desk and put in the hours that you need to put in to write.

Peter Heller

LifeMeWritingMy LifeYouLiving

Missions is not about sending missionaries, and missions is not about doing missions. Missions is about the communication of truth to men.

Paul Washer

CommunicationTruthMenDoingAbout

Those parts of history that would undermine the vision of the Left - which prevails in our education system from elementary school to postgraduate study - are not likely to get much attention.

Thomas Sowell

EducationVisionHistorySchoolLeft

The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge.

Thomas Huxley

KnowledgeForwardLooksNewOld

I am pleased I went from fourth back into a medal position, but bronze is not good enough for me.

Greg Rutherford

GoodI AmMeNot Good EnoughEnough

The former pension minister, the Liberal Democrat Steve Webb said I was trying to abolish the lump sum. Instead, we are going to keep the lump sum and abolish the Liberal Democrats.

George Osborne

TryingSaidDemocratsDemocratGoing

What you get is what you see, which is suspending kids doesn't lead to high attrition rate. That is what the data shows.

Eva Moskowitz

DataYouLeadSeeHighGet

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