"When Chuck House wanted to develop the oscilloscope for HP, David Packard told him to abandon the project. Chuck went on "vacation" and came back with $2 million in orders. Packard later gave him an award inscribed with an accolade for "extraordinary contempt and defiance beyond the normal call of engineering.""

-- Bob Sutton

#Vacation Quotes #Awards Quotes #Engineering Quotes

“A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Not everyone can lead worship.”
“The secret idea she was forming of an afterlife gave her the foothold she needed to endure the agonies to come, a newfound courage and optimism which found instant expression through SHOPPING.”

Source : Lucy Ellmann (2013). “Dot in the Universe”, p.164, A&C Black
“Whether they did or didn't, America was certainly safe between 2000 and 2008. I don't remember any terrorist attacks on American soil during that period of time.”

Source : "Obama's Debt Threats: Reality or Scare Tactic?". "The Five", www.foxnews.com. July 13, 2011.
“There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.”
“The fact that you are even here, alive, on this planet is a mathematical miracle, and you should not spend the time that you have being busy being miserable.”
“The only difference is now more young black men are in the spotlight.”
“The spirit of man, which God inspired, cannot together perish with this corporeal clod.”

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