Vannevar Bush Quotes
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“Knowledge for the sake of understanding, not merely to prevail, that isthe essence of ourbeing.None candefine its limits, or set its ultimate boundaries.”
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— Vannevar Bush
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.
— Vannevar Bush
“A belief may be larger than a fact.”
— Vannevar Bush
Give these people money, let them play, and they'll come up with something.
— Vannevar Bush
— Vannevar Bush
Scientific progress on a broad front results from the free play of free intellects, working on subjects of their own choice, in the manner dictated by their curiosity for exploration of the unknown.
— Vannevar Bush
Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library. It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, 'memex' will do. A memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory.
— Vannevar Bush
A record, if it is to be useful to science, must be continuously extended, it must be stored, and above all it must be consulted.
— Vannevar Bush
As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.
— Vannevar Bush
Knowledge for the sake of understanding, not merely to prevail, that isthe essence of ourbeing.None candefine its limits, or set its ultimate boundaries.
— Vannevar Bush
Science can be effective in the national welfare only as a member of a team, whether the conditions be peace or war. But without scientific progress no amount of achievement in other directions can insure our health, prosperity, and security as a nation in the modern world.
— Vannevar Bush
— Vannevar Bush
“The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.”
— Vannevar Bush
— Vannevar Bush
Associative indexing, the basic idea of which is a provision whereby any item may be caused at will to select immediately and automatically another. This is the essential feature of the Memex. The process of tying two items together is the important thing.
— Vannevar Bush
I say, technically, I don't think anyone in the world knows how to do such a thing. and I feel confident it will not be done for a very long period to come. I think we can leave that out of our thinking. I wish the American public would leave that out of their thinking.
— Vannevar Bush
“Basic scientific research is scientific capital.”
— Vannevar Bush
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