Steve Novick famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don't start, it's either the fuel system or the electrical system. Teach yourself about the path of each in your engine and tracing it is fairly straightforward. But at the beginning, mastering each new system seems like an unreachable shore. The car is effectively a black box.
There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms.
Every farm woodland, in addition to yielding lumber, fuel and posts, should provide its owner a liberal education. This crop of wisdom never fails, but it is not always harvested.
Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.
You can have a healthy fossil-fuel balance sheet, or a relatively healthy planet
We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel.
LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.
We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if he has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself.
In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might
Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.

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