Quotes of Professor Edsger Dijkstra

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It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.

- Professor Edsger Dijkstra

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“ I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ Sometimes the hardest one to see . . .is the one standing right before you. ”

- Lenora Porch

“ Remember when your heart is empty, don’t fill it with lies and deception. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going! ”

- Laura Lynch

“ Mistakes are not bad; excuses are. ”

- Udai Yadla

“ Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualitieshis rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense. ”

- e.e. cummings

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ Love overcomes bitterness, overpowers sorrow, overwhelms anger, and overthrows hatred. Medicine heals the body, faith heals the heart, wisdom heals the mind, and love heals the soul. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it. ”

- Rabindranath Tagore

“ You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon

“ If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse. ”

- Walt Disney

“ Well, now If little by little you stop loving me I shall stop loving you Little by little If suddenly you forget me Do not look for me For I shall already have forgotten you If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life And you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots Remember That on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms And my roots will set off to seek another land ”

- Pablo Neruda

“ Her smile was innocent and naive as if she didn’t know anything other than to love and be kind to others. ”

- Mariyam Hasnain

“ Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ Could you exist just for the art of existence? ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Tuhan kan nggak mungkin langsung sedekah ke orangorang, ya kalianlah sedekah duit kalau punya duit, sedekah ilmu, sedekah senyum. Masa sih kalau sudah gitu Tuhan gak bales cintamu? Tapi gak mungkin dia belaibelai langsung rambutmu, sentuh bibirmu. Maka Tuhan ciptakan “wakil”nya, yaitu pacarmu. Maka doalah, “Tuhan, semoga pacarku ini betulbetul orang yang kau pilihkan untukku. ”

- Sujiwo Tejo

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome