Task Quotes

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We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do it… — Philip Hammond
Formula creation is magnitudes harder for computer algorithms than actually executing within a formula. But once the genre is created and the formula is known,… — Philip M. Parker
I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote… — Elie Ducommun
We lived in Northern Quebec, and the nearest school was thirty miles away, so my mother took on the task of home schooling me. She… — Willard Boyle
The thing about praising beauty is that good looks are an unforgiving task- master, a Forth Bridge of a maintenance job. The passing years present… — Laurie Graham
As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can… — James Gleick
With the advent of computing, human invention crossed a threshold into a world different from everything that came before. The computer is the universal machine… — James Gleick
The tremendous honour of the Nobel Prize is of the strongest incentive to me in my work, while the amount of the Prize will greatly… — August Krogh
As soon as chemists have a definite conception of the internal structure of the molecule of an organic compound, they are able to tackle the… — Otto Wallach
The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task. — Fabiola Gianotti
Designing a station with artificial gravity would undoubtedly be a daunting task. Space agencies would have to re-examine many reliable technologies under the light of… — Andy Weir
The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task. — Donal Henahan
The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out… — Bryan Q. Miller
The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. — Erich Fromm
I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task. — Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands
The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that… — William Bennett
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. — John Buchan
Forty-two years ago, I came to America from communist Cuba so I might have a better way of life, a freer way of life -… — Mel Martinez
The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea. — Thomas Mann
The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little… — Alan Gregg

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