"John von Neumann draws attention to what seemed to him a contrast. He remarked that for simple mechanisms, it is often easier to describe how they work than what they do, while for more complicated mechanisms, it is usually the other way around."

-- Edsger Dijkstra

#Learning Quotes #Simple Quotes #Attention Quotes

“It is one of history's great ironies that capitalists built decent and humane societies on the basis of an amoral approach to the economics of pricing, whereas socialists built exploitative and inhumane societies on the basis of a morally inflamed approach to economics.”

Source : Kevin D Williamson (2010). “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism”, p.22, Regnery Publishing
“Korea and the U.S. have maintained a combined forces command system for a long time. Even if we were to get operational control back, as long as this combined system is maintained, our countries will continue to have combined security, and U.S. forces will continue to play their part in our security.”
“It is important that you get clear for yourself that your only access to impacting life is action. The world does not care what you intend, how committed you are, how you feel or what you think, and certainly it has no interest in what you want and don't want. Take a look at life as it is lived and see for yourself that the world only moves for you when you act.”
“I am young, but I have been through a lot.”
“I love you even when you're sick and look disgusting.”
“I guess my life has been a series of flukes in the record business. The first thing I ever did, was the biggest record that I'll ever have.”

Source : "A Man Called (Self) Destruction — The Life and Music of Alex Chilton" by Binky Philips, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 11, 2014.
“You hold the ones you love close and fight the battles you can win, and that, Kitten, is how it is.”
“I've been more conscious of my salt intake, sugar intake, making sure I'm not eating as many processed foods.”

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