"I do not regret having braved public opinion, when I knew it was wrong and was sure it would be merciless."

-- Horace Greeley

#Regret Quotes #Public Opinion Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“When I was six all I could think about was ding-dongs and yo-yos.”
“It's such a rush doing a concert and seeing people actually mouthing the lyrics.”
“...it is absurd to try to confine our knowledge and belief to matters which are conclusively established by sound deductive arguments. The demand for certainty will inevitably be disappointed, leaving skepticism in command of almost every issue.”
“We have also obtained a glimpse of another crucial idea about languages and program design. This is the approach of statified design, the notion that a complex system should be structured as a sequence of levels that are described using a sequence of languages. Each level is constructed by combining parts that are regarded as primitive at that level, and the parts constructed at each level are used as primitives at the next level. The language used at each level of a stratified design has primitives, means of combination, and means of abstraction appropriate to that level of detail.”
“To minds of a certain cast there is nothing so captivating as simplification and generalization.”
“Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness....Let us not assassinate this lad further, senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?”

Source : Statements to Joseph McCarthy on the 30th day of the Army - McCarthy hearings, June 9, 1954.
“It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.”

Source : "The Talented Mr. Ripley", www.imdb.com. 1999.
“In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.”

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