Knuth Machine Quotes & Sayings

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now. — David Cameron

Your uniqueness is your trademark. — Debasish Mridha

Feeling superior doesn't make one superior. Hubris does not humble others. — Guy R. McPherson

(Godzillabytes: Nelson had an irrational dislike of 'petabytes', the recognized term for a particular, and particularly large, wodge of data. Anything that sounded like a kitten's gentle nip just didn't have the moxie to do the job asked of it. 'Godzillabytes', on the other hand, shouted to the world that it was dealing with something very, very big . . . and possibly dangerous.) Nelson — Terry Pratchett

Father to teenage son: My relationship with you is more important than anything I've got to say to you. — Randy Alcorn

I never show the back of my tongue. That is a Dutch expression. — Ben Van Berkel

him who standeth, take heed lest he fall. — E. M. Forster

I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics; but I trust my family jewels only to Linux. — Donald Knuth

History can tell us what happened in the past. But it cannot assert that it must happen again in the future. — Ludwig Von Mises

By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method; it is much closer to reality. — Donald Knuth

One of the secrets a nation can unlock to have material wealth is, having a leader who will take an uncompromising stand to establish truth and honesty as a rule of building the nation — Sunday Adelaja

My general working style is to write everything first with pencil and paper, sitting beside a big wastebasket. Then I use Emacs to enter the text into my machine. — Donald Knuth

I had started also studying because I wanted to learn more about power and fighting. — Lou Reed

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination. — George Jean Nathan

I never could have expected I'd lose so much of myself betting on you. — Kandi Steiner