Edsger Dijkstra Quotes

Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if that's what it is, that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it.

Edsger Dijkstra

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkHard WorkEducationGoodWhy

Change is hard but inevitable.

Jenny Han

ChangeInevitableHard

Make an effort to do the things that you enjoy instead of being lazy about it. Life is worth the hassle.

Jen Sincero

LifeEffortEnjoyWorthYouLazy

I've always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business.

Robert Reed

BusinessScienceThoughtAlwaysSome

Got through it without fluffing, that's the main thing any actor can hope for.

John Leeson

HopeActorWithoutThroughGotMain

While the Chinese people, as a rule, are good people, my business dealings with Communist Chinese officials have left me disturbed and concerned about the rise of the Chinese Empire.

Robert Kiyosaki

GoodBusinessPeopleMeGood People

The bottom line with a lot of bands that funk is being applied to is that they don't really listen to funk and aren't versed in funk. Like, you know, Gordon Lightfoot.

Mike D

YouKnowListenLineBottomFunk

This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it.

Jon Bon Jovi

GoodDoingTryingLookSexLiving

Everyone has their own insecurities, regardless of how you look or how people perceive you, but sometimes people give their insecurities too much power. Defining beauty is simply a matter of opinion. For me, real beauty has very little to do with the structure of someone's face or body.

Devon Aoki

BeautyPowerPeopleMeOpinionFace

My wife comes most of the times I teach and stands on the front row to help me. She's been wonderfully supportive.

Clayton M. Christensen

WifeMeHelpTeachSheBeen

I left 'The Bob Newhart Show,' which was my decision. CBS wanted it to go on. But I could see television changing; I could see the tastes were changing.

Bob Newhart

DecisionTelevisionGoSeeChanging

Everyone in my family, they do music, and they love music; it's all about the music.

Aubrie Sellers

FamilyLoveMusicEveryoneAbout

I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

Alison Bechdel

HistoryPrettyComicsIlliterate

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