"Theres my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book."

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Howard Aiken

#Book Quotes #Computer Quotes

“An object never serves the same function as its image - or its name.”
“It's all papers and forms, the entire Civil Service is like a fortress made of papers, forms and red tape.”
“Remember God has accepted us. The gospel of grace is a message of breathtaking freedom. It must be embraced with faith and thanksgiving. You are thoroughly accepted just as you are. Jesus Christ is your righteousness and he is never going to change. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. When you wake tomorrow, he will still be your righteousness, before you have done anything to enjoy God's favour. You have to earn nothing. Your spirit needs to bask in the brilliant sunlight of this reality. You need to know it inwardly and celebrate it on a daily basis.”
“In any business, you have to evolve.”
“I've been married three times, really I should only have been married once.”
“Keeping your head down and doing the best job you can in the beginning gives you the opportunity to be evaluated on the basis of the contributions you are making. [Then], when you feel strongly about your work or about a position, you'll be given more attention [than] if you hadn't done that constantly.”
“We all experienced people putting us down and people saying we couldn't do it. We overcame it.”
“I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this.”

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