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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer. - Alan Perlis

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer. – Alan Perlis

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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word frustration. – Alan Perlis

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Computers
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Alan Perlis
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical. – Alan Perlis

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Education
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Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs. – Alton Brown

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In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. – Amy Lowell

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Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures. – Georges Braque

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Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. – Ashley Montagu

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