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Inspirational Quotes by Donald Knuth
- If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.
- Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
- How can you own [...] numbers? Numbers belong to the world.
- God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.
- I'm obsessively detail-oriented.
- There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency.
- I've never been a good estimator of how long things are going to take.
- [The Euclidean algorithm is] the granddaddy of all algorithms, because it is the oldest nontrivial algorithm that has survived to the present day.
- I think people who write programs do have at least a glimmer of extra insight into the nature of God... because creating a program often…
- It is much more rewarding to do more with less.
- An algorithm must be seen to be believed.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento