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ALAN PERLIS
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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
W. Edwards DemingW. Edwards Deming Before a man can bind the enemy, he must know there is nothing binding him.
Smith WigglesworthSmith Wigglesworth That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.
Stephen FryStephen Fry Creating something I can use is the best stress reliever.
Blake LivelyBlake Lively Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.
Satchel PaigeSatchel Paige It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
C. V. RamanC. V. Raman Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.
Muhammad IqbalMuhammad Iqbal Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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