Computer Science Quotes

73 quotes by 56 authors

Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing. — Stan Kelly-Bootle
But biology and computer science - life and computation - are related. I am confident that at their interface great discoveries await those who seek… — Leonard Adleman
Computer Science is a science of abstraction -creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it. — Unknown Author
What is the central core of the subject [computer science]? What is it that distinguishes it from the separate subjects with which it is related?… — Tony Hoare
Computer science is to biology what calculus is to physics. It's the natural mathematical technique that best maps the character of the subject. — Harold Morowitz
I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of… — Alan Perlis
Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with… — Randy Pausch
There's a good part of Computer Science that's like magic. Unfortunately there's a bad part of Computer Science that's like religion. — Hal Abelson
For years, computer scientists were treating operating systems design as sort of an open-reserch issue, when the field's direction had been decided by commercial operations.… — David Gelernter
For those who wish to stay and work in computer science or technology, fields badly in need of their services, letâ€™s roll out the welcome… — Sheldon Adelson
All problems in Computer Science can be solved by another level of indirection. — Butler Lampson
We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than… — Philip Greenspun
Progress in computer science is made with the distribution of revolutionary software systems and the publication of revolutionary books. We don't need a fancy information… — Philip Greenspun
Both women and computer science are the losers when a geeky stereotype serves as an unnecessary gatekeeper to the profession. — Cordelia Fine
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer. — Alan Perlis
A fashionable idea in technical circles is that quantity not only turns into quality at some extreme of scale, but also does so according to… — Jaron Lanier
I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making… — Donald Knuth
Daniel Dennett is our best current philosopher. He is the next Bertrand Russell. Unlike traditional philosophers, Dan is a student of neuroscience, linguistics, artificial intelligence,… — Marvin Minsky
Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still… — Larry Wall
Computer science is the operating system for all innovation. — Steve Ballmer

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