Busy Beaver/the Busy Beaver Function %cf%83

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

    “I do not weep at the world—I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
    —Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

    “The mission of men there seems to be, like so many busy demons, to drive the forest all out of the country, from every solitary beaver swamp and mountain-side, as soon as possible.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The press and politicians. A delicate relationship. Too close, and danger ensues. Too far apart and democracy itself cannot function without the essential exchange of information. Creative leaks, a discreet lunch, interchange in the Lobby, the art of the unattributable telephone call, late at night.”
    —Howard Brenton (b. 1942)