"In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems."

-- Wietse Venema

#Safety Quotes #Kind Quotes #Physics Quotes

“Our freedom is sweet. It will be sweeter when we are all free.”
“The word hospitality in the New Testament comes from two Greek words. The first word means love and the second word means strangers. Its a word that means love of strangers.”
“The affirmation of one's essential being in spite of desires and anxieties creates joy.”
“In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.”
“Sex gets people killed, put in jail, beaten up, bankrupted, and disgraced, to say nothing of ruined - personally, politically, and professionally. Looking for sex can lead to misfortune, and if you get lucky and find it, it can leave you maimed, infected, or dead. Other than that, it's swell: the great American pastime. ... You probably won't see it on a bumper sticker, but sex kills.”

Source : Edna Buchanan (2009). “The Corpse Had a Familiar Face”, p.172, Simon and Schuster
“Complaining is an insult to God.”
“So long as our land is occupied it is the right of the Palestinian people and their factions to combine resistance and political activities. Resistance and its arms are directed against the occupation while political activity is part of re-arranging the Palestinian home.”
“Everyone in Seattle is a total ***** when it comes to snow. The whole city shut down, the place looked like an apocalyptic movie.”

Source : "Listen: New Walkmen: 'Heaven'". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. April 16, 2012.

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