"Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind."

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Source : Donald Ervin Knuth (1984). “The texbook”, Addison-Wesley Professional

Donald Knuth

#Funny Inspirational Quotes #Reading Quotes #Mind Quotes

“You don't want to be the site that people should use. You want to be the site they can't stop using.”
“In the shower, with the hot water coming down, you've left the real world behind, and very frequently things open up for you. It's the change of venue, the unblocking the attempt to force the ideas that's crippling you when you're trying to write.”
“A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.”
“The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.”
“For a group of people who claimed to be concerned for her safety, they did seem to have developed rather a habit of encouraging uprisings against monarchs.”
“Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.”
“My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.”
“Not many people do at the age of 21 or younger even, know how to act nor could be concerned with anything other than fighting, women and money.”

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