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"The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges."
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"I have a sneaking suspicion that all religions lead to the same place, a very unified place."

"I am looked upon with suspicion. I am on the "other side.""

"My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."

"Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium."

"Did you ever get the feeling that everything was too perfect? Like the moment was so good that something had to be wrong? Kind of like the way a fish sees that bright, shiny lure just before it chomps down and gets hauled out of water to become someone's lunch."

"When you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "Fuck you" right under your nose."
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"Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians."

"The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings."

"Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding."

"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."

"The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics."

"Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors."

"The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague."

"Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons."
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