Claude Elwood Shannon Quotes

When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did Shannon in. After information theory, what do you do for an encore? The great scientists often make this error. They fail to continue to plant the little acorns from which the mighty oak trees grow. They try to get the big thing right off. And that isn't the way things go. So that is another reason why you find that when you get early recognition it seems to sterilize you. ~ Richard Hamming

We are ill-fated in that our society demands we engage in unworthy conversations and dances in order to seem courteous, and yet such actions are ultimately vulgar. ~ Shannon Hale

We have entered the cell, the Mansion of our birth, and started the inventory of our acquired wealth. ~ Albert Claude

Some moments I believed Max could've easily been Red Riding Hood's wolf. But she probably would have liked it. ~ Shannon Delany

You aren't intending to spend your married life quarreling, I hope?" Claude said, frowning as his brother passed a hand nervously through his hair and turned to the door. "I intend to be happy," Lord Francis said. "I shall see to it that I quarrel with Soph every day of our lives, Claude. ~ Mary Balogh

I was a person full of wishes but without a star. ~ Shannon A. Thompson

People often tell themselves lies, in order to reach what they consider acceptance in difficult situations. In reality, they fool themselves into believing they are healed, until that lie is corrected by time, further information or their own personal growth. True healing comes when we learn to not avoid truth, but face it. Only then will we be set free. ~ Shannon L. Alder

True self confidence happens when you stop blaming others for not seeing what you love about yourself. Not everyone has the same list of needs. ~ Shannon L. Alder

The life mission God gave you was only appointed to you. If you are faithful, God will send someone into your life to support it. If your are blessed, he will send someone who shares your passion. If you are chosen, he will unlock every door that stands in your way. ~ Shannon L. Alder

Duty doesn't always fit comfortably. ~ Shannon Hale

Fresh popcorn is near impossible to resist, second only to fresh doughnuts. ~ Shannon Wiersbitzky

(Claude and Marcel LeFever were speaking in French. This simultaneous English translation is being beamed to the reader via literary satellite.) ~ Tom Robbins

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty. ~ Jean-Claude Juncker

She'd hoped to close her eyes and dream of sparkly winged horses flying through a bright blue sky. Instead, black-cloaked figures haunted her mind, snatching her from the shadows
and dragging her away in a drugged haze. Sharp bonds sliced her wrists and ankles as someone shouted questions she didn't know the answers to. Then fiery hands seared her skin and ghostly whispers swirled through the blackness.

They would find her.

She would never escape them again
. ~ Shannon Messenger

I think of Ariel, my local neighborhood mermaid, how she only had twenty-four hours to turn her life around ... ~ Shannon Celebi

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement. ~ Claude M. Bristol

When entering on new ground we must not be afraid to express even risky ideas so as to stimulate research in all directions. As Priestley put it, we must not remain inactive through false modesty based on fear of being mistaken. ~ Claude Bernard

Silence is best reserved for the fearful and foolish. ~ Shannon L. Alder

No contact with savage Indian tribes has ever daunted me more than the morning I spent with an old lady swathed in woolies who compared herself to a rotten herring encased in a block of ice. ~ Claude Levi-Strauss

Wait for the morning, when you can regroup with your friends, and the seven of you can start scheming together. ~ Shannon Messenger

Tomorrow can take me," he said. "I don't need today anyway. ~ Shannon A. Thompson

The image a society evolves of the relationship between the living and the dead is, in the final analysis, an attempt, on the level of religious thought, to conceal, embellish or justify the actual relationships which prevail among the living. ~ Claude Levi-Strauss

Remember all those classic books you HAD to read in school? They sucked, right? Well, guess what? They are actually . . . classics. 'Brave New World', '1984', 'The Martian Chronicles' and even 'Animal Farm' are pretty cool it you're not told you HAVE to read them. If you discover them on your own or if you reread them without having a report due that sends you scurrying to buy CliffNotes or access Wikipedia, then you can actually relax and enjoy them.
- Chris Mancini ~ Graham Elwood

The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him. ~ Claude Levi-Strauss

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly. ~ Claude Monet

When the greedy executives of rich religions go before Him, they will say, "Remember me for who I was." And God will answer, "I do remember but you have forgotten who you use to be. ~ Shannon L. Alder

Shannon and all of us started the band so it just felt really natural, and then she quit, and then she came back, and then she quit again. I love working with her and would do it again, but that's just not in the cards. And Josh is a great person to play with - he can play any instrument. He's really inspiring and positive. It was great. It was meant to be temporary. ~ Theresa Wayman

These facts make the creator of music a being like the gods, and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge. ~ Claude Levi-Strauss

Contemplation, as it has come to be understood in the Christian tradition, is a return to the paradisiacal state of union with God, which brings to fulfillment the redemptive act of Christ. It is the beginning of a level of consciousness, beyond ordinary consciousness, in which one begins to experience the reality of new life, of risen life. It is an experience of union with God and a realization of our oneness with our brothers and sisters. ~ William Shannon

Her wounds brought her a great source of power because they lived in the same place as her heart. ~ Shannon L. Alder

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions. ~ Claude Levi-Strauss

Well, hell," muttered Drake. "Do you do that to all the human women?"
"No. Usually they've already started taking off their clothes by now. She's beginning to hurt my feelings."
"We need to get you a paper bag or a giant scar or something."
"Yeah," said the man, his tone dry. "I'll get right to work on that ~ Shannon K. Butcher

Raven mumbled something. "Eh? What was that? Speak up! Don't mumble like a caterpillar." "I said, I don't want to scare them." Baba Yaga picked up a blue spray bottle and squirted Raven in the face with water, making Raven blink. "This is how I train my cats not to jump up on my spell table. They learn after a while. Maybe you will, too. ~ Shannon Hale

For the dreamers. ~ Samantha Shannon

Love was a lot more complicated when you had a lot of time on your hands. ~ Shannon A. Thompson

Empowered Women 101: Confident women know the difference between being a meal ticket and being the meal. ~ Shannon L. Alder

Finn, do you see the lias - whatever, the orange-haired girl?" Razo Gestured ahead. "Do you think she's pretty?"
Finn glanced Dasha's way, then returned his attention ot his horse. "She's all right."
"Really? Just all right?"
Finn shrugged.
Razo rolled his eyes. "What am I saying? He doesn't think any girl is pretty but Enna."
"Are there any girls but Enna?" Finn called back.
"There'd better be. ~ Shannon Hale

An important event in my scientific life has been my appointment as a Professor at the College de France in 1973. ~ Claude Cohen-Tannoudji

The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. ~ Claude Levi-Strauss

What is actually happening is often less important than what appears to be happening. ~ William V. Shannon

Some truths are safest buried. Some castles best kept in the sky. There's promise in tales that are yet to be spoken. ~ Samantha Shannon