One finds limits by pushing them.

There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover

The proper study of mankind is the science of design.

In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.

Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature.

The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that had made the "hard" sciences so brilliantly successful.