Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Every protocol is really a conversation between machines about how to understand each other."Bob Kahn
"Good protocol design requires humility about what we don't know."Bob Kahn
"Every programmer should understand how browsers work at a fundamental level."Brendan Eich
"Debugging is where you truly learn how something works."Brendan Eich
"Programming requires both technical skill and human understanding."Brendan Eich
"Programming teaches you that small details matter enormously."Brendan Eich
"Building systems is about understanding trade-offs, not finding perfect solutions."Ryan Dahl
"Callbacks were never meant to be nested fifty levels deep."Ryan Dahl
"The programming language is just a tool; the problem-solving is what matters."Ryan Dahl
"Code is read far more often than it is written."Ryan Dahl
"Real understanding comes from building, not just theorizing."Ryan Dahl
"One of the most important skills in machine learning is knowing when you have enough data."Andrew Ng
"Understanding your data is more important than understanding your algorithm."Andrew Ng
"The best predictions come from understanding the underlying patterns in human behavior."Andrew Ng
"Knowledge should flow freely across networks, unrestricted by artificial barriers."Vint Cerf
"The Internet teaches that knowledge is most powerful when it is widely shared."Vint Cerf
"The Web is an abstract space of all possible hyperlinked documents, not associated with any individual computer."Tim Berners-Lee
"The Web is a tool for humans to learn, create, and understand each other."Tim Berners-Lee
"Data is the gold of the 21st century. And we must manage it responsibly."Tim Berners-Lee
"The Web is a living document of human knowledge and experience."Tim Berners-Lee
"Gold and silver are commodities whose value is determined by the same principles as other commodities, by the difficulty of their production."David Ricardo
"If a commodity could be made by labor alone, and with the aid of perfectly durable machines, its price would be wholly regulated by the quantity of labor."David Ricardo
"The true theory of rent is one of the most important and most difficult points in political economy."David Ricardo
"The rate of profit depends not on the absolute quantity of labor saved, but on the proportion of the capital saved."David Ricardo
"The prices of raw produce tend constantly to rise relative to the prices of manufactured goods."David Ricardo
"The rate of wages is regulated by the proportion between the population and the capital employed in its support."David Ricardo
"The value of paper money is derived from the value of the metal for which it is exchanged."David Ricardo
"The real price of a commodity is measured by the quantity of other commodities for which it exchanges."David Ricardo
"The wages of labor depend upon the abundance or scarcity of capital relative to the population."David Ricardo
"The principles which govern the distribution of national income are the foundation of all political economy."David Ricardo