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A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.


W. E. B. Du Bois

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I would no...
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E. W. HOWE Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.
E. W. HOWE A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
E. W. HOWE The most destructive criticism is indifference.
E. W. HOWE Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found t...
E. W. HOWE The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling i...
E. W. HOWE Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
E. W. HOWE Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which d...
E. W. HOWE A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
E. W. HOWE Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
E. W. HOWE One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
E. W. HOWE The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
E. W. HOWE Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
E. W. HOWE When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will hav...
E. W. HOWE The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to ...
E. W. HOWE A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
E. W. HOWE The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciat...
E. W. HOWE The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out hap...
W. E. CHANNING The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a s...
E. W. DIJKSTRA Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
E. W. DIJKSTRA It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult...
E. W. HOWE Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
E. W. HOWE To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
E. W. HOWE Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
E. W. HOWE When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up...
E. W. HOWE A thief believes everybody steals.
E. W. HOWE The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
E. W. HOWE There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
E. W. HOWE The fathers of the field had been pretty confusing: John von Neumann speculated about computers and ...
E. W. DIJKSTRA The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be reguarded as a criminal offen...
E. W. DIJKSTRA It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposur...
E. W. DIJKSTRA There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
E. W. HOWE The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
E. W. HOWE The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at ...
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