"... the designer of a new system must……" — Donald Knuth
"... the designer of a new system must not only be the implementor and the first large-scale user; the designer should also write the first user manual. ... If I had not participated fully in all these activities, literally hundreds of improvements would never have been made, because I would never have thought of them or perceived why they were important."
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Donald Knuth
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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 Activities Quotes
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
— Hannah Arendt
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas…
— Gary Becker
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
— Clive Bell
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We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time…
— Arnold Bennett
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Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.
— Vinoba Bhave
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I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is…
— Rachel Blanchard
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People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is…
— Andrea Bocelli
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An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities,…
— Gro Harlem Brundtland
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Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional…
— Vince Cable
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