Busy Beaver/the Busy Beaver Function %cf%83

Famous quotes containing the words busy, beaver and/or function:

    “I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty.... But I am too busy thinking about myself.”
    —Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    “On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
    The Quangle Wangle sat,
    But his face you could not see,
    On account of his Beaver Hat.”
    —Edward Lear (1812–1888)

    “The fact remains that the human being in early childhood learns to consider one or the other aspect of bodily function as evil, shameful, or unsafe. There is not a culture which does not use a combination of these devils to develop, by way of counterpoint, its own style of faith, pride, certainty, and initiative.”
    —Erik H. Erikson (1904–1994)