Edsger Dijkstra Quotes

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.

Edsger Dijkstra

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: May 11, 1930 - August 6, 2002

Topics

ComputersThinkInterestingQuestion

I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals, but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative.

John Key

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'Bambi' is an amazing film, and when you watch it today, it's just as beautiful. It's timeless. It's just as beautiful today as it was back then.

John Lasseter

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When the state was going to tell you what your future would be, science fiction was irrelevant.

Robert J. Sawyer

FutureScienceYouScience Fiction

When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.

Matthew Goode

FamilyGreatYouSecurityNewKind

McDonalds. Apple. Starbucks. They were all small businesses, owned by entrepreneurs and people with vision.

Michael Gerber

VisionPeopleSmallAppleStarbucks

I'm a really big advocate of ethical fashion. I actually have a travelling boutique called Maison de Mode, which is all about ethical fashion. I also like Maiyet from Paris. They're very Celine-esque in their silhouettes. I love their back story, too: they work with orphans in Colombia and India.

Amanda Hearst

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I want to be around for a long time. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.

Ruben Studdard

TimeLongWonderLong TimeWant

I went to Spago once, eight years ago. I had just closed a deal. I thought it would be fun to go to Spago and it wasn't. I got a bad table and nobody paid any attention to me.

Michael Tolkin

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Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from the sciences to music to writing to literature.

Michael P. Anderson

MusicGrowing UpWritingLiterature

There's always room to improve in a restaurant. A restaurant is better or worse every day than it was the day before. It's impossible not to be, because it's human.

Michael Mina

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In the history of sport in general, people stick around. Look at Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn just continue on, Olympic cycle after Olympic cycle; that is why they are famous.

Mirai Nagasu

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I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive.

Christopher Meloni

SmartThinkYouSuccessfulI Think

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