"Strange priests are they who never straightly walk But all aslant through sideways passage stalk Who never seek their goals in forward lines But move askew as fraught with sly designs"

-- Willard Fiske

#Moving Quotes #Goal Quotes #Design Quotes

“No trade will be made unless they want the thing more than they want their money.”
“We live in a technocratic culture. We worship at the altar of technology. Our lives are increasingly shaped by the machinations of the techies. It is vital, therefore, for all of us to think hard about the role the technical plays in our lives.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass! Who's been pinching my beer?”
“The flip side of the coin was that even good programmers and language designers tended to do terrible extensions when they were in the heat of programming, because design is something that is best done slowly and carefully.”
“Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be. [it's a good point - pretty hard to argue with that sort of logic really isn't it!”
“People close to me called me 'Curry in a Hurry.' I was moving through life at 100 miles an hour trying to further my career and be a great mom and make everyone happy.”
“I loved the audacity of that American principle which says. When life gets tainted or goes stale, junk it! Leave it behind! Go West!”
“Giving a party is like having a baby: its conception is more fun than its completion; and once you have begun it, it is almost impossible to stop.”

Source : Jan Struther (1956). “A pocketful of pebbles”

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