"When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no."

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Source : Talk at MS Research, November 2004.

Ward Cunningham

#Data Quotes #Saying No Quotes #Way Quotes

“These false Jews promote the filth of Hollywood that is seeding the American people and the people of the world and bringing you down in moral strength. â€¦ It's the wicked Jews, the false Jews, that are promoting lesbianism, homosexuality. It's the wicked Jews, false Jews, that make it a crime for you to preach the word of God, then they call you homophobic!”
“We are born into a vast room whose walls consist of a thousand doors of possibility. Each door is flung open to the world outside, and the room is filled with light and noise. We close some of the doors deliberately, sometimes with fear, sometimes with calm certainty. Others seem to close by themselves, some so quietly that we do not even notice.”
“Beware of economists who hide assumptions.”
“As for reality, I don't even have any interest in that word.”
“What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.”
“The only other people who have had experiences similar to those of this man were locked up inside institutions for the criminally insane. The difference is, this guy gets business cards.”
“In small space a player has to be capable of acting quickly. A good player who needs too much time can suddenly become a poor player.”
“We were very nervous at the start, we didn't play our game at all.”

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