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The quotations of

Donald Knuth

American computer scientist and mathematician

born 1938

5 quotes, most often on Computers and Science.

Random numbers should not be generated with a method chosen at random.
The Art of Computer Programming (1968–2011), Vol. II, Seminumerical Algorithms
- Computers
- Science
The sun comes up just about as often as it goes down, in the long run, but this doesn’t make its motion random.
The Art of Computer Programming (1968–2011), Vol. II, Seminumerical Algorithms, Section 3.3.2 part B, first paragraph (1969)
- Science
I can’t be as confident about computer science as I can about biology. Biology easily has 500 years of exciting problems to work on. It’s at that level.
Interview, Computer Literacy Bookshops (1993)
- Computers
- Science

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