Donald Knuth Quotes

The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.

Donald Knuth

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• The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Job
  • Learned
  • Experiences

• People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.

  

  Lakhdar Brahimi
  • People
  • Money
  • Globalization

• I worked on the workshop of 'Topdog/Underdog' before it went to Broadway. My minor in school was theater, so I'm based in that, and then I moved to Los Angeles.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • School
  • Los Angeles

• There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Leadership
  • Matter
  • Gender

• I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • Time
  • Hate
  • Drama

• My parents separated when I was young, and as a result, my father had to learn how to braid our hair on the nights my sisters and I would stay with him. We would arrive to school the next morning with these incredibly endearing lopsided braids he had fashioned. This may have expedited the process of my learning how to braid my own hair.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • School
  • May
  • Father

• I've done a lot of plays before where I had to do a New York accent, but never a Philly one before. They do the rhotic 'r' - where you say the 'r' - where most New Yorkers don't.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Done
  • Never
  • New York

• I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • Work
  • You
  • Sleep

• You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • People
  • Why
  • Me

• If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first.

  

  Larry Bird
  • Children
  • She
  • Shoes

• The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.

  

  Karen Maitland
  • Good
  • Power
  • English

• Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.

  

  Imogen Heap
  • People
  • Music
  • Singing

• Investing in women and girls may once have been considered a radical notion or even a waste of resources, but in most places in the world today, women and girls are increasingly recognized as a critical link to greater prosperity, political stability, better health and public policy.

  

  Pat Mitchell
  • World
  • Women
  • May

• Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.

  

  Harriet Tubman
  • Good
  • Prayer
  • Give

• The pro-growth policies and spending restraint of Conservatives work.

  

  Zach Wamp
  • Work
  • Growth
  • Spending

• I would hate to think I am not an amateur. An amateur is one who loves what he is doing. Very often, I'm afraid, the professional hates what he is doing. So, I'd rather be an amateur.

  

  Yehudi Menuhin
  • Hate
  • Professional

• I feel no bond with South Africa, which is curious, since South Africa is where I was born.

  

  Daniel Hope

• A man should look effortless and classic. It's such a turnoff if a man is too well groomed or trendy.

  

  Carlson Young

• A savage review is much more entertaining for the reader than an admiring one; the little misanthrope in each of us relishes the rubbishing of someone else.

  

  Arthur Smith
  • Savage

• I studied for my degree in London and consequently ended up spending five years away from Cornwall. I deliberately moved away from the coast to experience a different way of life.

  

  John Dyer
  • Life
  • Up
  • Different

• People say, 'Uh-Uh, Bill, Iraq had the fourth-largest army in the world.' Yeah, well, maybe, but, you know what? After the first three largest armies there's a really big fucking drop-off, okay? The Hare Krishnas are the fifth largest army in the world, and they've already got all our airports. So, who is the bigger threat?

  

  Bill Hicks
  • People
  • World
  • Army

• Mainstream success is important - that's probably anathema to an indie publication like Pitchfork, but it's what I believe having experienced it personally.

  

  Courtney Love
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Success

• We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.

  

  Patricia Ireland
  • Women
  • Violence
  • Come

• The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.

  

  Donald Knuth