Law Quote by Christopher Chabris

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law

— Douglas Hofstadter

It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account.

— Douglas Hofstadter

The science of the laws is the slow growth of time and experience.

— Edward Gibbon

Everything takes longer than you expect, even when you expect it to take longer than you expect.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Everything takes longer than you think it should, except for some things that don't take as long.

— Peg Bracken

“In algorithms, as in life, persistence usually pays off.”

— Steven S. Skiena

In the light of fuller day, Of purer science, holier laws.

— Charles Kingsley

“Effective algorithms make assumptions, show a bias toward a simple solutions, trade off the costs of error against the cost of delay, and take…

— Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

The fact that the author thinks slowly is not serious, but the fact that he publishes faster than he thinks is inexcusable.

— Wolfgang Pauli

“No sociologist, for instance, should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in…

— Max Weber

“The longer something takes, the less likely it is that you're going to finish it.”

— Jason Fried

If you already know what recursion is, just remember the answer. Otherwise, find someone who is standing closer to Douglas Hofstadter than you are;…

— Andrew Plotkin