"At first I hoped that such a technically……" — Tony Hoare

"At first I hoped that such a technically unsound project would collapse but I soon realized it was doomed to success. Almost anything in software can be implemented, sold, and even used given enough determination. There is nothing a mere scientist can say that will stand against the flood of a hundred million dollars. But there is one quality that cannot be purchased in this way--and that is reliability. The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay."

Against Quotes Almost Quotes Almost Anything Quotes Anything Quotes Cannot Quotes Cannot Be Purchased Quotes Collapse Quotes Determination Quotes Dollars Quotes Doomed Quotes Enough Quotes Enough Determination Quotes Even Used Quotes Find Quotes First Quotes Firsts Quotes Flood Quotes Given Quotes Given Enough Quotes Hard Quotes Hoped Quotes Hundred Quotes Hundred Million Quotes I Hoped Quotes Implemented Quotes Mere Quotes Million Quotes Million Dollars Quotes Most Quotes Nothing Quotes One Quotes One Quality Quotes Pay Quotes Price Quotes Project Quotes Projects Quotes Purchased Quotes Pursuit Quotes Quality Quotes Realized Quotes Reliability Quotes Rich Quotes Say Quotes Scientist Quotes Simplicity Quotes Software Quotes Sold Quotes Soon Quotes Soon Realized Quotes Stand Quotes Stand Against Quotes Success Quotes Success Almost Quotes Such Quotes Technically Quotes Technically Unsound Quotes Unsound Quotes Used Quotes Utmost Quotes Utmost Simplicity Quotes Very Quotes Way Quotes

19 Quotes by Tony Hoare

Tony Hoare has 19 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 19 quotes by Tony Hoare »

More Almost Anything Quotes

This quote is filed under Almost Anything Quotes, one of 215 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must… — Michelle Bachelet
I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything. — Kate Beckinsale
I just love to experience things. I would do almost anything once. — Brooke Burke
As a little girl, I didn't like stories about little girls. I liked stories about dragons and beasts and princes… — A. S. Byatt
Cod is more responsible for the discovery of the New World than almost anything else. Drove the Vikings across the… — Graydon Carter
There aren't any looks or customs I wish would come back. Today almost anything goes. Culture constantly devours the past… — Graydon Carter
As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is… — Ron Chernow
A man will give up almost anything except his suffering. — John Cleese
The pilots I worked with in the aerospace industry were willing to put on almost anything to keep them safe… — Nils Bohlin
Sacred space and sacred time and something joyous to do is all we need. Almost anything then becomes a continuous… — Joseph Campbell
It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get… — Victor Borge
You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything...We don't have to tolerate what people do just because… — Lewis B. Smedes

See all 215 Almost Anything Quotes »