"Scientists build to learn; Engineers learn to build."

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Fred Brooks

#Learning Quotes #Scientist Quotes #Programming Quotes

“[Science] is corrosive of religious belief, and it's a good thing too.”
“Diminish the mass of evils that afflict the human species, increase enjoyment and well-being. And even if the new routes opened up could prolong the average life of mankind by only a few hours, or even a few days, then the scientist, too could aspire.”
“I see my parents as tiny children who need love. I have compassion for my parentsâ€™ childhoods. I now know that I chose them because they were perfect for what I had to learn. I forgive them and set them free, and I set myself free.”
“I have a huge amount of stress, but I believe stress can be a positive thing too.”
“There is a time when it is necessary to abandon the used clothes, which already have the shape of our body and to forget our paths, which takes us always to the same places. This is the time to cross the river: and if we don't dare to do it, we will have stayed, forever beneath ourselves”
“If I flop, let 'em pan me.”
“I know perfectly well that only in happy instants am I lucky enough to lose myself in my work. The painter-poet feels that his true immutable essence comes from that invisible realm that offers him an image of reality....I feel that I do not exist in time, but that time exists in me. I can also realize that it is not given to me to solve the mystery of art in an absolute fashion. Nonetheless, I am almost brought to believe that I am about to get my hands on the divine.”
“I realised that reading was the key that opened the door to secret lands, strange places and the worlds behind other people's eyes.”

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