#pre

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#enjoyment #expected #luxury #necessity #only

The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#deliberation #each #emerge #given #leaves

Well the first order of government is to preserve the public order and safety. ↗

— Bob Wise

#government #order #preserve #public #safety

In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#distinguished #first #first time #had #honor

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#daughter #distinguished #hon #john #lawyer

One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.' ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#language #misleading #most #our #representational

I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#i #i do #just #opinion

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. ↗

— Katarina Witt

#because #good #i #just #just because

I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating. ↗

— Katarina Witt

#compete #competition #enough #get #had

On the other hand, we don't understand the theory too completely, and because of this fuzziness of spacetime, the very concept of spacetime and spacetime dimensions isn't precisely defined. ↗

— Edward Witten

#completely #concept #defined #dimensions #fuzziness