"You need the willingness to fail all the time."

-- John Backus

#Needs Quotes #Failing Quotes #Willingness Quotes

“It's the internet like the flu - it just spreads like crazy.”
“The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are often even lower than the city averages, and spending levels in the wealthiest suburban areas are daunting challenges to any hope New Yorkers might retain that even semblances of fairness still prevail.”
“The lotus flower is troubled At the sun's resplendent light; With sunken head and sadly She dreamily waits for the night.”
“Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother.”

Source : Melanie Klein (1975). “The Writings of Melanie Klein: Love, guilt and separation and other works”
“Goliath's mother, who said to Goliath, Stop running around with David! You're always coming home stoned! Never got a dinner!”
“I think for a lot of people, bowling is sort of a joke. But I love it, and it means a lot to me, so any chance to help promote it or celebrate it or not make the hackiest jokes - 'Bowlers are like plumbers and they wear the craziest shirts!' - I'm way into.”
“The tendency of the world is down - God's path is up.”
“He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of holy things [i.e., by creating an image of them here on earth]. Nor is there at all any composite thing or creature endowed with sensation [made by God here on earth] like those in heaven. But the face is a symbol of the rational soul, the wings are the lofty ministers and energies of powers right and left, and the voice is delightful glory in endless contemplation.”

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