Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs. -- Maurice Wilkes, designer of EDSAC, on programming, 1949 | |
The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk. -- Maurice Baring | |
Growing old isn't bad when you consider the alternatives. -- Maurice Chevalier | |
Never speak ill of yourself, your friends will always say enough on that subject. -- Charles-Maurice De Talleyrand | |
The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusions. -- Maurice Chapelain, "Main courante" | |
There must be more to life than having everything. -- Maurice Sendak |