"The utility of a language as a tool of thought increases with the range of topics it can treat, but decreases with the amount of vocabulary and the complexity of grammatical rules which the user must keep in mind. Economy of notation is therefore important."

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Source : "Notation as a Tool of Thought". Cvommunications of the ACM, 23 (8), (pp. 444 - 465), August 1980.

Kenneth E. Iverson

#Vocabulary Quotes #Mind Quotes #Important Quotes

“Dean flashed me a smile that promised rule-breaking and breathlessness.”

Source : Caitlin Kittredge (2011). “The Iron Thorn The Iron Codex Book One”, p.73, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“I will not insult you by trying to tell you that one day you will forget. I know as well as you that you will not. But, at least, in time you will not remember as fiercely as you do now - and I pray that that time may be soon.”

Source : Terence Rattigan (1977). “The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan: The sleeping prince. Separate tables. Variation on a theme. Ross. Heart to heart”
“Tried to find me an executive position, but no matter how smooth I talked they wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius.”

Source : Song: Workin' At The Car Wash Blues
“Only the believing obey, only the obedient believe”
“People over 40 stay home and watch television, that's why there are no movies out there.”
“I'm not a big fan of identity politics and sort of picking one thing and defining yourself with it.”
“Rosencrantz: Shouldn't we be doing something--constructive? Guildenstern: What did you have in mind? ... A short, blunt human pyramid...?”
“Raising a daughter is an extremely political act in this culture. Mothers have been placed in a no-win situation with their daught ers: if they teach their daughters simply how to get along in a world that has been shaped by men and male desires, then they betray their daughters' potential But, if they do not, they leave their daughters adrift in a hostile world without survival strategies.”

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