"I have a hunch that the unknown sequences……" — Donald Knuth
"I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections."
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57 Quotes by Donald Knuth
Donald Knuth has 57 quotes on this site.
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Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.
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If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.
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People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people…
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Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
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By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method; it is much closer…
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Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops…
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Computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and…
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Science is knowledge which we understand so well that we can teach it to a computer; and if we don't…
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The psychological profiling [of a programmer] is mostly the ability to shift levels of abstraction, from low level to high…
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The important thing, once you have enough to eat and a nice house, is what you can do for others,…
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The whole thing that makes a mathematician’s life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four…
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I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.
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More Copyright Quotes
This quote is filed under Copyright Quotes,
one of 90 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real…
— James Belushi
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The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is…
— David Bowie
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
— Garth Brooks
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My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on…
— Leonard Cohen
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In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work…
— Northrop Frye
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The priceless heritage of our society is the unrestricted constitutional right of each member to think as he will. Thought…
— Robert H. Jackson
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Copyright law is a dinosaur, ill-suited for the landscape of today's media.
— Kaskade
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My family achieved success not in spite of, but because of the American system of taxation. After all, without reliable…
— Unknown Author
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It's the golden age of French cinema again but it's because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law.
— Harvey Weinstein
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The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but ‘[t]o promote the Progress of Science…
— Sandra Day O'Connor
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We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world. We need…
— Aaron Swartz
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Copyright law has got to give up its obsession with 'the copy.' The law should not regulate 'copies' or 'modern…
— Lawrence Lessig
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