David Cheriton famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

There are two kinds of researchers : those that have implemented something and those that have not. The latter will tell you that there are 142 ways of doing things and that there isn't consensus on which is best.The former will simply tell you that 141 of them don't work.
-- David Cheriton

#Knowledge #Two #Way
I am a believer in Adam Smith, who says that if you look at something that really contributes value to society, and you can deliver it at a reasonable price, then society will recognise that at some point because rational behaviour will come into play.
-- David Cheriton

#Play #Looks #Behaviour
I tend to look at potential investments from the standpoint of whether it is a valuable contribution to society.
-- David Cheriton

#Looks #Investment #Contribution To Society
These people who build houses with 13 bathrooms and so on, there's something wrong with them.
-- David Cheriton

#People #House #Bathroom
I must admit that I don't really understand social networking models that well, and I haven't tried to because I have just not been enthused about this whole thing.
-- David Cheriton

#Networking #Social Network #Wells

The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas.
It is an anomaly that information, the one thing most necessary to our survival as choosers of our own way, should be a commodity subject to the same merchandising rules as chewing gum.
The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.
We know nothing at all. All our knowledge is but the knowledge of schoolchildren. The real nature of things we shall never know.
The spiritual master and Krishna are two parallel lines. The train, on two tracks, moves forward. The spiritual Master and Krishna are like these two tracks. They must be served simultaneously. Krishna helps one to find bona fide Spiritual Master and bona fide Spiritual Master helps one to understand Krishna. If one does not get bona fide Spiritual Master, then how he can ever understand Krishna ? You cannot serve Krishna without Spiritual Master, or serve just Spiritual Master without serving Krishna. They must be served simultaneously.
Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.
In the last stage of the spiritual master's life, the devotees of the spiritual master should take preaching activities into their own hands. In this way the spiritual master can sit down in a solitary place and render nirjana-bhajana.
I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
I am officially Jewish, but Iâ€™m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.

David Cheriton famous quotes

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