Literature Quotes

Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.

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"Literature about technology often captures truths that papers miss."
Bob Kahn
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"Literature in code is reading what others have written."
Brendan Eich
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"Literature teaches empathy, which artificial intelligence desperately needs from its creators."
Andrew Ng
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"Literature reveals what fact cannot."
Ryan Dahl
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"Literature teaches us empathy. Science teaches us logic. We need both."
Fei-Fei Li
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"In literature and in code, clarity beats cleverness every time."
Andrew Ng
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"Literature shows us that storytelling with data is as important as accuracy."
Andrew Ng
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"Literature shows that great storytelling and great code have something in common: clarity of purpose."
Ryan Dahl
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"Great literature and great code both hide complexity behind elegance."
Ryan Dahl
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"The literature of our time is being written in code and transmitted across networks."
Vint Cerf
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"Literature allows us to experience other lives."
Guido van Rossum
"Literature enriches the programmer's perspective."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
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"Literature reflects the human condition across time and culture."
Barbara Liskov
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of generations."
Barbara Liskov
"Literate programming is writing an explanation of the logic of the program, in a language suited to humans, in such a way that it can also be compiled and executed by a computer."
Donald Knuth
"Literature teaches the art of clear communication."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
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"Programming is as much about communication as it is about logic."
Ryan Dahl
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"The literature of code - its documentation and style guides - is just as important as the code itself."
Guido van Rossum
"Different authors like different things, different readers like different things."
Donald Knuth
"Literature teaches empathy; programming teaches precision. Both make us better."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
"Literature preserves human wisdom; code preserves computational solutions."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
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"Literature preserves the human experience across time."
Ralph Baer
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"Literature is the record of human consciousness."
Ralph Baer
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"Literature teaches us how to communicate. Apply that to code."
Guido van Rossum
"Literature teaches storytelling techniques that enhance game narratives."
Shigeru Miyamoto
"The most powerful words in English are 'tell me a story.'"
Bjarne Stroustrup
"The aspects that the programmer must constantly think about are the same things as the poet must constantly think about."
Donald Knuth
"Reading books is important because the quality of what you read determines the quality of your thinking."
Donald Knuth
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"Literature about programming should be as clear as code itself."
Guido van Rossum
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"Literature and code share the same principle: clarity of expression matters."
John Carmack