"There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around."

-- Vinton Cerf

#Floating Quotes #Maxims Quotes #Stills Quotes

“No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies.”
“Inside of every problem lies an opportunity.”
“A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.”
“You might want to keep trying to rise, using a path that builds on your natural strengths: sales, analysis, managing people, whatever, and keep asking for honest feedback. When you reach the point at which it feels clear you've topped out, revise your job description or take a step back. Up is not the only way.”
“The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating.”
“The movies are one of the bad habits that corrupted our century.Of their many sins, I offer as the worst their effect on the intellectual side of the nation. It is chiefly from that viewpoint I write of them - as an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming a cultured people.”
“This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In order to ensure the survival of the richest, it is democracy that has to be heavily regulated rather than capitalism.”

Source : Tariq Ali (2011). “The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad”, p.75, Verso Books
“As a designer, I love to explore user edge cases and figure out what appear to be rules.”

Source : "What People Who Make Video Games Think Of Westworld". Interview with Evan Narcisse, www.gizmodo.com.au. November 11, 2016.

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