“The newspaper fits the reader’s program while the listener must fit the broadcaster’s program.”

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

The Enduring American Press (October 1964) edited by The Hartford Courant

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American diplomat 1919–1988

Alan Perlis Epigrams on Programming

Epigrams on Programming, 1982

“But here's first what I see for Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). You're going to have people raised from the dead watching this network. You're going to have people raised from the dead watching TBN. Programs -- just plain programs -- programs that haven't done much when it comes to supernatural manifestations -- teaching programs!”

Benny Hinn (1952) American-Canadian evangelist

[The Underground Christian Network, "Benny Hinn and Beyond: Word Faith movements hidden agenda: The Joker, The Guru and the Jack of Spades" http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=420067844, CD Edition 1 of 2, SermonAudio.com, 2006-04-21] Source attributes audio clip of this statement to an October 19, 1999 broadcast of "Praise The Lord", Trinity Broadcasting Network.

“It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.”

Jerry Seinfeld (1954) American comedian and actor

“The federal government and the state government must not fear programs who change lives, but must welcome those faith-based programs for the embetterment of mankind.”

George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States

Remarks at a luncheon http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/WCPD-2002-08-26/html/WCPD-2002-08-26-Pg1411.htm for gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon in Stockton, California, August 23, 2002.
2000s, 2002

“In order for a kiss not to be forgotten, it must never be programmed.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Affinché un bacio non venga dimenticato, non deve essere mai programmato.
Source: prevale.net

“A programming language is for thinking of programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of.”

Paul Graham (1964) English programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist

"Hackers and Painters" http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html, May 2003

“[The George E. P. Box paper Fitting empirical data (1960) is] a mature exposition of an important branch of statistics, to which the author has made great contributions. One feature of particular interest is practical discussion of genuinely nonlinear fitting problems and their solution with the help of tact and a special, publicly available, IBM-704 program. Another is insightful comments on the role of prior distributions in statistics.”

Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917–1971) American mathematician

Leonard Jimmie Savage in 1960s; cited in: JOC/EFR (2006) " George Edward Pelham Box http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Box.html" at history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk, Nov 2006.

“Computer-aided design also is not automatic programming, although automatic programming techniques must necessarily play an important role in computer-aided design.”

Douglas T. Ross (1929–2007) American computer scientist

Source: Computer-Aided Design: A Statement of Objectives (1960), p. 2.

“Developing prayer fitness is similar to developing physical fitness: we must follow a pattern in order to stay balanced.”

Bill Hybels (1951) American writer

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.”

Johnnie Cochran (1937–2005) American lawyer

Enthymeme uttered during the O.J. Simpson trial.
1990s

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