"Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A language that makes it hard to write elegant code makes it hard to write good code."

-- Eric S. Raymond

#Writing Quotes #Bridges Quotes #Simplicity Quotes

“Iâ€™m on the benevolent side of antisocial. I donâ€™t mind people, but Iâ€™d prefer not to have a lot of them around.”
“Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection.”

Source : Jenni Schaefer (2014). “Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too”, p.16, McGraw Hill Professional
“In a few wretched buildings, we created a whole new industry with international significance.”
“I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every nerve and fiber and everything I'd ever done...I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didn't. There is none.”
“A woman's paradise is under her husband's foot”
“I think that comic followers are always waiting for key iconic moments.”

Source : "‘The Walking Dead’ EP Gale Anne Hurd Eyeballs Midseason Shocker, Where Season 6 Is Going & More ‘Fear The Walking Dead’". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. February 14, 2016.
“Promising to bring home a feed of fish is the absolute kiss of death to any chances of catching anything but a large heap of derision when you get home.”
“The eternal destiny of human beings will be measured by how much or how little solidarity we have displayed with the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, and the oppressed. In the end we will be judged in terms of love.”

Source : Leonardo Boff (1980). “The Way of the Cross: Way of Justice”

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