"People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems."

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Source : Bruce Schneier (2000). “Secrets and lies: digital security in a networked world”, Wiley

Bruce Schneier

#People Quotes #Links Quotes #Responsible Quotes

“If Christianity were true religious persecution would become a pious and charitable duty: if God designs to punish men for their opinions it would be an act of mercy to mankind to extinguish such opinions. By burning the bodies of those who diffuse them many souls would be saved that would otherwise be lost, and so there would be an economy of torment in the long run. It is therefore not surprising that enthusiasts should be intolerant.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1876). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.228
“If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I've always been optimistic. When things come together and I feel comfortable, I know I can be a productive player with an impact.”
“...you shouldn't hate something you don't know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.”

Source : Izzeldin Abuelaish (2011). “I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity”, p.42, Bloomsbury Publishing
“If I had been a winger, I might have been daydreaming and thinking about how to keep my kit clean for next week.”
“During the last 100 years our people have been in a process of building up the country and the nation, of expansion, of getting additional Jews and additional settlements in order to expand the borders here. Let no Jew say that the process has ended. Let no Jew say that we are near the end of the road.”

Source : Ma'ariv (July 7, 1968); later quoted in Avi Shlaim "The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World", 2000.
“Turning on the light is easy if you know where the switch is.”
“Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died.”

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