Dijkstra Literary Quotes & Sayings

All right, stop whatcha doin, cause I'm about to ruin
The image and the style that you're used to. — Shock G

So-called "natural language" is wonderful for the purposes it was created for, such as to be rude in, to tell jokes in, to cheat or to make love in (and Theorists of Literary Criticism can even be content-free in it), but it is hopelessly inadequate when we have to deal unambiguously with situations of great intricacy, situations which unavoidably arise in such activities as legislation, arbitration, mathematics or programming. — Edsger Dijkstra

The 'Great Walk to Beijing' was a fundraiser for my cancer center. It was a three-week trek with fellow cancer 'thrivers,' including celebrities ranging from Joan Rivers to Leeza Gibbons and Olympians. — Olivia Newton-John

By 1970, exclusion was so complete that fewer than 500 black families lived in white suburban neighborhoods in the entire Chicago metropolitan area, and most of those were in just five or six suburbs. — James W. Loewen

There was a fire in the wide hearth before them, and it was burning with a sweet smell, as if it were built of apple-wood. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Results outweigh any claims or promises that you could possibly make. — Idowu Koyenikan