“Programming is like pinball. The reward for doing it well is the opportunity to do it again.”
Rick Cook (1944) American writer
The Wizardry Compiled (1989)
On receiving Congressional Medal for Distinguished Civilian Achievement (23 April 1956); several variations of this personal motto are often quoted, including:
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.
As quoted in 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet! (2001) by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe, p. 99
I feel that the greatest reward for success is the opportunity to do more.
“Programming is like pinball. The reward for doing it well is the opportunity to do it again.”
Rick Cook (1944) American writer
The Wizardry Compiled (1989)
Stanley Fish (1938) American academic
Interview by Mark Bauerlein, " A Solitary Thinker https://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Solitary-Thinker/127464," The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 15, 2001
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Variant: Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.
Source: Margaret Thatcher
“I have something more to do than to feel.”
Charles Lamb (1775–1834) English essayist
Letter to Coleridge (September 27, 1796), after the death of Lamb's mother.
“You’re the greatest risk I’ve ever taken. And the greatest reward.”
Sylvia Day (1973) American writer
Variant: You’re the greatest risk I’ve ever taken.” His pressed his lips gently to mine. “And the greatest reward.
Source: Reflected in You
“I do this to feign confidence, because the more I fake it, the more it's supposed to feel true.”
Jenny Han book To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Source: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) Royal Navy Admiral
In response to the cheer that was raised after he sent the signal "England expects every Man will do his Duty.", as quoted in The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. from His Lordship's Manuscripts (1810) by James Stanier Clarke and John McArthur, p. 667
The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)