Dianne Wiest Quotes

Even if you're going into a field that has nothing to do with computer science, just having that way of analytical thinking and being able to process information and break it down is important no matter what you're doing. Having that knowledge of code is something that you can apply to your daily life.

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.

I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy.

I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail.

I don't really get things very... intuitively. I mean, I don't immediately understand things. The only way I really get it is by writing it down.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.

We are not inferring design to account for a black box, but to account for an open box.

Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques.

It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.

Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.

I like to look for patterns in science and life. It's what I do.

Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.

I am never satisfied until I can make a mathematical model of what I am studying. If I succeed in making one, I understand. If I cannot, I do not understand.

I am a linear thinker in a lot of ways.

What I knew was I liked math and science, and I never wanted to memorize everything. I wanted to understand where it came from.

To me, mathematics, computer science, and the arts are insanely related. They're all creative expressions.

The methodologies and best practices used to develop software can be applied successfully to any challenge in life.

There's a human element here you start to lose when you start rattling off the best mathematical equation to get the out.

I always try to stay methodical and logical with everything I do, playing cricket and making decisions.

Being a scientist/engineer by nature, I approach everything as a problem.

I would say that many architects are very logical. They start their process from analysis and from rational processes to try and find the 'right' answer, like solving a mathematic equation.

I don't think I'm always right, but I would like to empower people to come to sound conclusions using a systematic way of looking at things.

I have a very linear mind.