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11076 Problem quotes by 5908 unique authors

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
...methods are more important than facts. The educational value of a problem given to a student depends mostly on how often the thought processes that… — Donald Knuth
Composing computer programs to solve scientific problems is like writing poetry. You must choose every word with care and link it with the other words… — James Lovelock
Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow (e.g., given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the… — Eric S. Raymond
He [John von Neumann] had the invaluable faculty of being able to take the most difficult problem and separate it into its components, whereupon everything… — Stanislaw Ulam
By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and in effect increases the… — Alfred North Whitehead
Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and strive to solve… — Niklaus Wirth
No one will pay you to solve a non-problem. — Vinod Khosla
Please don't fall into the trap of believing that I am terribly dogmatical about [the goto statement]. I have the uncomfortable feeling that others are… — Edsger Dijkstra
The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a way… — Unknown Author
There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints and… — Benjamin Hoff
Ultimately the most profound problems with psychotherapy have always been that instead of possessing any contrarian or transcendent values to enable it to produce insights… — Kenny Smith
Upon the solution of this problem, or upon sufficient proof of the impossibility of synthetical knowledge a priori, depends the existence or downfall of metaphysics. — Immanuel Kant
Our imagination is larger than the world around us; we go beyond our limits. This used to be called 'witchcraft,' but fortunately things have changed,… — Paulo Coelho
The solution to your problem is to see who has it. — Ramana Maharshi
As Hubert Benoit said, it is not the identification with the ego that is the problem, but the exclusive nature of the identification. When our… — Ken Wilber
It is one of the greatest problems. It will appear very paradoxical, but this is true - before you can lose your ego, you must… — Rajneesh
This is something basic to be understood - the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity… — Rajneesh
But in the West it is very easy to dissolve the ego. So whenever a Western seeker reaches an understanding that ego is the problem… — Rajneesh
Then ego goes on growing, because the society needs you as an ego, not as a Self. The Self is irrelevant for the society; your… — Rajneesh
You think money can solve any problem, but all it s good for is buying the things it can, and leaving you free to pursue… — Unknown Author
I eat at this German-Chinese restaurant and the food is delicious. The only problem is that an hour later you're hungry for power. — Dick Cavett
Child psychology and animal psychology are of relatively slight importance, as compared with the sciences which deal with the corresponding physiological problems of ontogeny and… — Wilhelm Wundt
Experimental psychology itself has, it is true, now and again suffered relapse into a metaphysical treatment of its problems. — Wilhelm Wundt
Outsiders have the intuitive ability to continually view problems in fresh ways and to identify ineffective practices and traditions. — John P. Kotter

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