
“A picture may be worth a thousand words, a formula is worth a thousand pictures.”
Dijkstra (EWD1239: A first exploration of effective reasoning)
1990s
“A picture may be worth a thousand words, a formula is worth a thousand pictures.”
Dijkstra (EWD1239: A first exploration of effective reasoning)
1990s
“Just like a picture is worth 1000 words, a camera phone is worth 1000 cell phones!”
Speech at the firt Future Imaging conference in Monterrey, California.
“Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!”
Source: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”
“A picture is worth 1,000 denials.”
“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”
Speech on Military Preparedness, Pittsburgh (29 January 1916)
1910s