"Premature optimization is the root of all evil."

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Source : Donald Ervin Knuth (1986). “TEX: The Program”, Addison-Wesley Professional

Donald Knuth

#Roots Quotes #Evil Quotes #Optimization Quotes

“I have since often observed, how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is, especially of youth ... that they are not ashamed to sin, and yet are ashamed to repent; not ashamed of the action for which they ought justly to be esteemed fools, but are ashamed of the returning, which only can make them be esteemed wise men.”
“It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.”
“It's all about chemistry. Talent alone won't get it done.”
“I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.”
“Human beings to me are as much a part of nature as trees or birds, and the unclothed body expresses this belongingness directly and powerfully.”

Source : Wynn Bullock, Barbara Bullock-Wilson (1984). “Wynn Bullock, photographing the nude: the beginnings of a quest for meaning”, Gibbs Smith
“I have tried to write stories that go into the underworld of myth and bring out life and fire â€” where the old world looked at a woman alone and immortal and said: she must long to die, I have tried to say: look at her live!”
“You cannot, for instance, sustainably protect the environment if the majority of the people are still in primitive agriculture leading to the encroachment of forest reserves.”

Source : "Listen to the Young, Says Queen". news.bbc.co.uk. November 23, 2007.
“I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders.”

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