You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that.
John von NeumannIt is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field does not increase unless the electric field has a curl. Both are laws of nature.
John von NeumannProblems are often stated in vague terms... because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are.
John von NeumannI am thinking about something much more important than bombs. I am thinking about computers.
John von Neumann