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I don't need to waste my time with a computer just because I am a computer scientist.


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If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.

If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.



The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.

The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.



Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.

Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.



The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.

The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.



Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.



The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.



Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.

Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.



Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!

Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!



Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.



Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.

Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.





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The discovery and investigation of life on other planets is likely to change many of our ideas about how life arose on the Earth and even what is life and its natural development.

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The opposite of love is not hate, its apathy, when u simply don't bother about that person!

The opposite of love is not hate, its apathy, when u simply don't bother about that person!



Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon . . . is not the dragon the hero of his own story?

Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon . . . is not the dragon the hero of his own story?



For the most part, I try to be healthy and eat good things, but if you give me a baguette and some Camembert, I'm gonna eat it.

For the most part, I try to be healthy and eat good things, but if you give me a baguette and some Camembert, I'm gonna eat it.



Well, certainly at the Golden Globes, during every commercial break everyone gets up and schmoozes with each other.

Well, certainly at the Golden Globes, during every commercial break everyone gets up and schmoozes with each other.



When you give up struggle, there's a kind of love.

When you give up struggle, there's a kind of love.



I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance, says Jesus. This is where true wealth is found, not in material things!

I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance, says Jesus. This is where true wealth is found, not in material things!



I have heard that stiff people lose something of their awkwardness under high ceilings, and in spacious halls. I think, sculptureand painting have an effect to teach us manners, and abolish hurry.

I have heard that stiff people lose something of their awkwardness under high ceilings, and in spacious halls. I think, sculptureand painting have an effect to teach us manners, and abolish hurry.



Fundamentalist Christianity appeals to pre-civilized, prudish tribal people who are not ready for urban feudal pleasures.

Fundamentalist Christianity appeals to pre-civilized, prudish tribal people who are not ready for urban feudal pleasures.




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