"My father owned a music store when I was growing up in Rock Falls, Illinois. He could play all the instruments, which you had to do when you owned a music store back then. One day, when I was three years old, he took me to a parade. When the drums passed by, I got so excited I told him wanted to learn to play them."

-- Louie Bellson

#Growing Up Quotes #Father Quotes #Fall Quotes

“But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.”
“My family and I would never receive royalties on the revenue that my materials brought into the church; materials that were created on our own personal time.”
“Golf is a puzzle without an answer.”
“Don't do drugs, kids. Stay in school.”
“In JavaScript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders.”

Source : Douglas Crockford (2008). “JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts”, p.2, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
“So many of the things I've predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us.”
“I've always had a problem with authority. I just can't wear a suit - it would kill me.”

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