Norbert Wiener Men Quotations

We are in the position of the man who has only two ambitions in life. One is to invent the universal solvent which will dissolve any solid substance, and the second is to invent the universal container which will hold any liquid. Whatever this inventor does, he will be frustrated.

In all important respects, the man who has nothing but his physical power to sell has nothing to sell which it is worth anyone's money to buy

The most fruitful areas for the growth of the sciences were those which had been neglected as a no-man's land between the various established fields.

I have said that science is impossible without faith. ... Inductive logic, the logic of Bacon, is rather something on which we can act than something which we can prove, and to act on it is a supreme assertion of faith ... Science is a way of life which can only fluorish when men are free to have faith.

Science is a way of life which can only flourish when men are free to have faith.

I have said that the modern man, and especially the modern American, however much 'know-how' he may have, has very little 'know-what'