"Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves."

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Source : "A Conversation with Alan Kay: Big talk with the creator of Smalltalk — and much more". Interview with Stuart Feldman in ACM Queue, Volume 2, issue 9, queue.acm.org. December 27, 2004.

Alan Kay

#Funny Inspirational Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Technology Quotes

“The United States has been utilizing what may prove to be the most historically inept strategy in the entire history of warfare, in which the enemy nations are occupied while allowing its own territory to be colonized.”
“The main way I start to allocate color is that it comes from the comics. That's where it all starts from.”

Source : Source: www.slashfilm.com
“I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch the consequences, and do not continue any course which adds to weight or bulk and consequent discomfort.”

Source : William Banting (2005). “Letter on Corpulence”, p.55, Cosimo, Inc.
“Today, there is no fashion, really. There are just . . . choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used to reveal the designer's personality. Until the 70s, women listened to designers. Now women want to do it their own way. There are no boundaries. And without boundaries, there is no fashion.”
“Thereâ€™s only two times in life, thereâ€™s now and thereâ€™s too late.”
“Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature.”
“Gradually the awful truth dawns on you: that Santa Claus was just the tip of the iceberg - that your future will not be the rollercoaster ride you'd imagined, that the world occupied by your parents, the world of washing the dishes, going to the dentist, weekend trips to the DIY superstore to buy floor tiles, is actually largely what people mean when they speak of 'life'.”
“When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door.”

Source : William Henry Davies, “Money”

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