Douglas Hofstadter Quotes

Found 5 quotes by Douglas Hofstadter .
[ Page 1 of 1 ]
.
"The proverbial German phenomenon of the verb-at-the-end about which droll tales of absentminded professors who would begin a sentence, ramble on for an entire lecture, and then finish up by rattling off a string of verbs by which their audience, for whom the stack had long since lost its coherence, would be totally nonplussed, are told, is an excellent example of linguistic recursion."
Douglas Hofstadter
  • Comment
  • Add Topic
  • Press CTRL + C to copy code to your clipboard.
    <EMBED>
Language
.
"This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't."
Douglas Hofstadter
American Writer
.
"One could probably liken the task of improvising a six-part fugue to the playing of sixty simultaneous blindfold games of chess, and winning them all"
Douglas Hofstadter
Chess
.
"It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account."
Douglas Hofstadter
American Writer

Recommended

Top Ten Quote Lists

Popular Topics

  • Love
  • Inspirational
  • Motivational
  • Wisdom
  • Friendship
  • Funny
  • Wisdom
  • Happiness
  • Relationships
  • Christian
  • Life
  • Advice
  • Attitude
  • Cute Quotes
  • Birthday

    • Popular Authors

  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Dr. Seuss
  • Albert Einstein
  • Winston Churchill
  • Mother Teresa
  • Shakespeare
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
  • John Mayer
  • Confucius
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Bob Marley
  • Muhammad Ali
  • John Lennon
  • Jim Morrison
  • Oscar Wilde
  • Mahatma Gandhi

    • Cherry Lane Keepsakes Copyright 2011

    Like us on Facebook for an inspiring quote every day!
    X