73 Quotes by Simon Singh

All that was required to measure the planet was a man with a stick and a brain. In other words, couple an intellect with some experimental apparatus and almost anything seems achievable.

The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite.

In my mind, the most noble way to leave your mark on the world is to expand man’s understanding of the world.

[Martin Hellman:] Unless you're foolish enough to be continually excited, you won't have the motivation, you won't have the energy to carry it through.

Perhaps the greatest danger in the way that alternative therapists behave is simply the promotion of their own treatments when patients should be in the care of a conventional doctor. There are numerous reports of patients with serious conditions (e.g. diabetes, cancer, AIDS) suffering harm after following irresponsible advice form alternative practitioners instead of following the advice of a doctor.

Správné použití kvalitní šifry je velkou pomocí pro obě komunikující strany, avšak nekorektní zacházení se slabou šifrou může vyvolat velmi falešný pocit bezpečí.

...říká se, že zkratka NSA ve skutečnosti znamená „Never Say Anything

Stát, který věří, že není správné číst cizí dopisy, časem začne věřit i tomu, že jeho korespondenci také nikdo nečte...

Jestliže někdy platí, že nutnost je matkou invence, pak je rovněž možné, že ohrožení je matkou kryptoanalýzy.