Famous Quotes

"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 on Education

More quotes about Education

• "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

  Nelson Mandela on Education

• "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

  Albert Einstein on Education

• "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

  Aristotle on Education

• "My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

  Maya Angelou on Education

• "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

  Oscar Wilde on Education

More quotes by Alan Perlis

• "You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN."

• "In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'."

• "If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan."

• "A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God."

• "A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God."