Quote by Edsger Dijkstra
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interestin

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. – Edsger Dijkstra

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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure. – Edsger Dijkstra

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Failure
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Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if thats what it is, that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. – Edsger Dijkstra

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Education
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It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. – Edsger Dijkstra

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He who burns his bridges better be a damn good swimmer. – Author Unknown

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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. – Russian Proverb

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Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream. – Author Unknown

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Swimming

Seven days of no swimming makes one weak. – Author Unknown

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The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, O God, forgive me, or Help me. – Billy Graham

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