“So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me.” YearsFirstsI CanWantedParentActingImagineCollegeArmyJuniorsJoiningRelievedJoining The ArmyFlunking Author:Dustin Hoffman
“95% on content and the computer language remains the same.” LanguageComputerRemainsComputer Language Author:Steve McConnell
“God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.” ChallengesExistenceProof Author:Donald Knuth
“In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field.” WantFactsFieldsComputerScientist Author:Donald Knuth
“There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency.” WayLooks Author:Donald Knuth
“The most important thing in the kitchen is the waste paper basket and it needs to be centrally located.” NeedsImportantWastePaperImportant ThingsKitchenBaskets Author:Donald Knuth
“My general working style is to write everything first with pencil and paper, sitting beside a big wastebasket. Then I use Emacs to enter the text into my machine.” WritingFirstsUseBigsStylePaperSittingMachinesPencils Author:Donald Knuth