Edsger Dijkstra Quotes

I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection.

Edsger Dijkstra

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ExcellencePerfectionSpiritDays

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

Jean-Paul Sartre

BrainyDecisionsImportantOnlyOur

Sometimes when I do an overdub solo, they'll keep four or five of my attempts and then mix the bits that they like to make a solo up out of them. It's not against the rules, really - I can learn my own solos, then. But that's the whole beauty of multi-track recording, isn't it?

Jeff Beck

BeautyLearnRulesI CanSometimes

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

Simon Sinek

LeadershipThinkingActingWayMost

I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.

Tony Blair

LiveWorldLongNewInterdependence

There just doesn't seem to be a market for something with aspiration anymore.

Tom Courtenay

SeemSomethingMarketJustAnymore

When you're not engaged in the day-to-day struggles that everybody feels, you slowly start losing touch. And I think it's important for the people in the White House to have a finger on the pulse.

Michelle Obama

LosingPeopleStartThinkYouHouse

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.

Lord Byron

TruthHopeFaceNothingTouchSee

It's not cool to be star-struck.

Dominic Holland

Cool

As cool as I want my kids to be, they're just like any other kid. They don't love eggplant unless it is covered in cheese.

Debi Mazar

LoveCoolCheeseWantKidKids

I'm involved in so many cool and interesting and redeeming things. I'm enjoying every day.

Chris Borland

DayCoolInterestingEvery DayMany

I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to be something nasty. I mean, I play a lot of villains and you show up and they think maybe... That's why it's good to defy expectations sometimes.

Christopher Walken

GoodMeExpectationsThinkYouPlay

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

Anton Chekhov

PeopleLonelyMindsTalkExistence

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