Edsac Full Quotes & Sayings

I had made an empirical discovery and it carried all the weight of a mathematical proof. — Paul Auster

I used to be a writer with superstitions worthy of a professional baseball player: I needed a certain desk chair and a certain armchair and a certain desk arrangement, and I could only get really useful work done between 8 P.M. and 3 A.M. Then I started to move, and I couldn't bring my chairs with me. — Elizabeth McCracken

Press thy suit, yet with moderation;
A blade of grass cannot pierce a mountain.
If the sum that illumines the world
Were to dry nigher, the world would be consumed — Rumi

By June 1949 people had begun to realize that it was not so easy to get a program right as had at one time appeared. I well remember when this realization first came on me with full force. The EDSAC was on the top floor of the building and the tape-punching and editing equipment one floor below on a gallery that ran round the room in which the differential analyzer was installed. I was trying to get working my first non-trivial program, which was one for the numerical integration of Airy's differential equation. It was on one of my journeys between the EDSAC room and the punching equipment that "hesitating at the angles of stairs" the realization came over me with full force that a good part of the remainder of my life was going to be spent in finding errors in my own programs. — Martin Campbell-Kelly

The only way one can guarantee one's loyalty is love. Loyalty is beyond logic, really. — Paul Bettany

Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of doom. — Christopher Lasch

The sheriff closed his eyes briefly, a visual sigh, and paused a moment before speaking. "We do not wish to discuss the nature of this case at this time, to help preserve the integrity of our investigation. As I said before, we appreciate everybody's discretion and calm attitude in not spreading rumors about this incident. — Dan Wells

Smile despite the pain. Dance despite the rain. turn the negatives into positives again and again. — R.v.m.

Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice. — Chiang Kai-shek

It really seems magical when someone loves you back equally you love — Pawan Mehra

Public life has become so gladiatorial. Every day, another reputation bites the dust. — Tina Brown

Once you read something, you can't erase it from your brain. — Lisa McMann

I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore it. — Jaron Lanier

I hear them saying, "You'll never change things. And no matter what you do it's still the same thing."
But it's not the world that I am changing. I do this so this world will know that it will not change me. — Garth Brooks