When most people think of the early days of computing, they imagine male scientists and mathematicians in white lab coats eagerly working on new ways to make machines faster and more efficient. However, women were also integral players in the development of early computing, including African American mathematician Dorothy Vaughan. Vaughan was born in 1910 in Kansas City and showed a talent for mathematics from an early age. She attended college at Wilberforce University, where she became one of the first black American students to earn a degree in mathematics. In 1939, Vaughan started working at NASA’s Langley Research Center as one of the few black female mathematicians. There she played a key role in developing critical early computer software programs.
We are glad to present you the deepest Tooth, Time, Smile, Life, Brush, Hair, Mouth, Sweet quotes from Dorothy Vaughan, and much more.
I think the museum should be an arena in which ideals can hash it out, fight it out, tooth and nail, for attention. — Kerry James Marshall
I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I’m a bit long in the tooth to start. — Angela Lansbury
How did Dorothy Vaughan become famous?
Dorothy Vaughan was a computer programmer who made important contributions to the U. S. space program.
She was relatively unknown until 2016, when a book by Margot Lee Shetterly—Hidden Figures—drew attention to the contributions of Vaughan and other so-called West Computers.
A sociable smile is nothing but a mouth full of teeth. — Jack Kerouac
Dahling, when God put teeth in your mouth, he ruined a perfectly good arsehole. — Neil Gaiman
If you have a sweet tooth, you’ll have a sweet mouth when you’re done, because all your teeth are going to be sweet. — G. Garvin
I’m always worried that lipstick is on my teeth or caked in the corners of my mouth. — Chyler Leigh
Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me. — Franz Schubert
I am an animal, my teeth are sharp and my mouth is full, and the passion is strong. — Pete Townshend
When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It’s a little like waving a knife in front of you. It’s very primitive, and therefore bizarre. — Helen Fisher
Nice teeth is a turn on for me. If you open your mouth and it looks like a battle of epic proportions, I don’t like it. — Dane Cook
As a kid it’s adorable to have a gap in your teeth. But then, because of the shifting in my mouth, I started whistling through it, and as a 32–year–old woman, whistling while you speak in sort of annoying. — Mindy Kaling
A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight. — Martin Luther
If I remember right, Aelia, you had four teeth; a cough displaced two, another two more. You can now cough without anxiety all the day long. A third cough can find nothing to do in your mouth. — Martial
If you [Americans] behave with disrespect–even just a little bit–[the Iranian people] will punch you in the mouth so hard that all your devouring teeth will fall off.–Mohammed Emami — Kashani
I’m not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren’t straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works. — Sylvester Stallone
DOROTHY VAUGHAN QUOTES ON BRUSH
The one thing I always do is I always brush my teeth before I play. I don’t know why. — Alex Gaskarth
I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show. — David Copperfield
All those Nupboards in the Cupboards they’re good fun to have about. But that Nooth gush on my tooth brush…..Him I could do without. — Dr. Seuss
I need to brush my teeth. And I need a shower.’ He grinned, hopping off the bike. ‘Now that is an invitation. — Becca Fitzpatrick
When you brush your teeth, I’ll squeeze the toothpaste. — Julie Garwood
The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue. — Dorothy Parker
I tell ya, my wife’s a lousy cook. After dinner, I don’t brush my teeth. I count them. — Rodney Dangerfield
Once a year my back will go out and it’ll be… it’s like a sciatic thing and it’s the smallest thing. Like I could be leaning over the sink to brush my teeth in a weird way and it happens. — Kevin James
When I’m tired and therefore indecisive, it can take half an hour to choose the book I am going to have with me while I brush my teeth. — Francis Spufford
I knocked part of my tooth out with a scrubbing brush on stage whilst singing ‘Hard Knock Life’ in Annie. — Sarah Jessica Parker
There are three proven rules for good teeth: brush after every meal; see your dentist twice a year; and mind your own business. — Henry Boyd
Brush teeth. Wash hair. Rule undead world with an iron fist. — Jeaniene Frost
In the morning I get out of bed, I brush my teeth, I wash my face, I get dressed in the clothes I like best. I want to be good to myself. — Matthew Dickman
What was Dorothy Vaughan’s job?
Dorothy Vaughan performed complex computations and analyzed data for aerospace engineers, work that was later essential to the success of the early U. S. space program.
She was the first African American manager at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics , which later became part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Well I just figure any man who risks his neck to save a dog’s life isn’t going to kill someone for gold teeth. — Alvin Adams
Actresses are so spoilt–we have someone who does our hair for us on set, so we don’t know how to do it ourselves in real life. I know how to wash my hair and brush my teeth, but that’s about it! — Clemence Poesy
All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. — Walt Disney
A man’s life breath cannot come back again––no raiders in force, no trading brings it back, once it slips through a man’s clenched teeth. — Homer
I am going to turn over a new life and am going to be a very good girl and be obedient to Isa Keith, here there is plenty of gooseberries which makes my teeth watter. — Marjorie Fleming
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life. — Joan Lunden
DOROTHY VAUGHAN QUOTES ON SWEET
I have some sweets now and then, but I wouldnt say I have a major sweet tooth. — Larry Fitzgerald
I’ve got a really sweet tooth and sometimes I just have to have some chocolate. — Kirsty Gallacher
I have no will power when it comes to sweets. I have a sweet tooth. — Daniel Sunjata
I’m not a big drinking person and hardly ever have alcohol. Perhaps it’s not sweet enough for my sweet tooth. — Dawn French
Alaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and turn into health fanatics. — Sloane Crosley
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. — Pope John Paul Ii
It must have been the lack of nutrients that gave my father his temper. He is not a sweet man despite a very sweet tooth. — Nigel Slater
I have a very big sweet tooth and I love treating myself to something that I wouldn’t necessarily eat during the tournament such as a nice–sized cake. — Maria Sharapova
I started cutting my teeth on ‘Someone To Watch Over Me’ [George Gershvin] in the college. I’ve sung that one for a while. There’s something so simple and sweet about that lyric. — Kristin Chenoweth
Why was Dorothy Vaughan significant?
Dorothy Vaughan’s employer, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, was segregated, and black employees were forced to use separate bathrooms and dining facilities.
Amid these conditions, Vaughan was promoted to lead the West Computers in 1949, becoming NACA’s first black supervisor and one of its few female supervisors
A good bachelor drinks his dessert (and sometimes the rest of his meals). A sweet tooth is a danger signal that you’re getting too much exercise and not enough cocktails. — P. J. O
DOROTHY VAUGHAN QUOTES ON SMILE
She smiles.Her teeth are crooked. If I knocked them out,I might be doing her a favor. — Veronica Roth
I have a great desire to make people smile–not laugh. Laughter is too aggressive. People bare their teeth. — Muriel Spark
Oh my God, sociability is just a big smile and a big smile is nothing but teeth, I wish I could just stay up here and rest and be kind.’ But somebody brought up some wine and that started me off. — Jack Kerouac
They can afford to smile because they all have teeth so dazzling if they dropped them in the snow they’d be lost forever. — Frank Mccourt
His smile bore the same relation to a real smile as false teeth do to real teeth. — Rebecca West
You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it’s just teeth. — Chuck Palahniuk
Why else is politics the perfect refuge for every liar, cheat, and self–serving toad that was ever born? All you need is a good set of teeth and the ability to smile convincingly with them.––Cressida — Stuart Hill
DOROTHY VAUGHAN QUOTES ABOUT TIME
Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. — Thomas Huxley
I wrote ‘White Teeth’ in the late nineties. I didn’t really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time. — Zadie Smith
If you are capable of brushing your teeth in mindfulness, then you will be able to enjoy the time when you take a shower, cook your breakfast, sip your tea. — Nhat Hanh
Sorrow is not a raven perched persistently above a chamber door. Sorrow is a thing with teeth, and while in time it retreats, it comes back at the whisper of it’s name. — Dean Koontz
I was clinically depressed. I was paranoid. I was agoraphobic. I would have days at a time of not being able to even bathe or brush my teeth. — Byron Katie
I had kissed a girl in the second season of ‘Community,’ but that was my first time kissing a girl ever, and I was so nervous, I almost knocked Brit Marling’s teeth out. — Gillian Jacobs
I click my teeth together every time I want to take a mental picture of something, like, ‘Wow, what a beautiful sunset!’ Slam your teeth together. — Rich Fulcher
If you meet somebody who’s spent any length of time in prison, you don’t let your guard down. Ever. And really, that’s what that was about–if you open up too much, you’re asking to get your teeth kicked in. — Tim Roth
I like to do weird things in the shower, like drink my coffee, brush my teeth and drink a smoothie. It’s good time management. — Michelle Williams
I love the theater, but if I had to choose, I would choose a film at this time in my life. Something meaty, to sink my teeth into. — Jeff Daniels
I stretched out my hands as if to ward him off. ‘Not yet. I want to know what your end game is first.’ Another flash of teeth, this time showing his fangs. ‘To have you screaming my name within the hour. — Jeaniene Frost
How Time doth lash us with sharp pains, Set loose our teeth, snatch wisps of hair, dim eyes––And finally bend our backs toward earth To find the fittest place for burial. — William Batchelder Greene
She didn’t flirt with him, but they hung out together a lot, and every time I saw their heads bent over a computer screen or map, it made my stomach clench. And my teeth. And my fists. — James Patterson
DOROTHY VAUGHAN QUOTES ON HAIR
Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he’s got it all. — James Brown
I still want to be an architect and score films and do other things. I always said as long as I’ve still got teeth and hair and I look cool when I look in the mirror, then I’ll do it. — Dj Quik
While you remain at home your hair is at the hairdresser’s; you take out your teeth at night and sleep tucked away in a hundred cosmetics boxes–even your face does not sleep with you. — Martial
You’re so beautiful. I wish I’d seen you as a child. (Acheron) You didn’t miss much. I had buck teeth and stringy hair. (Kat) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Robert Redford … has turned almost alarmingly blond–he’s gone past platinum, he must be into plutonium; his hair is coordinated with his teeth. — Pauline Kael
They called me the sexiest economist in America, and that was years ago, when I had hair and body mass and my teeth were shiny. — Mark Zandi
