"This does not mean that I fail to recognise that Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques such as recursion and condescension. It just means that I have no idea how, or indeed if, Lisp handles exceptions."

“Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.”

“My parents subscribed to both Time and Newsweek and in 1978, I remember the covers of both that December were of the bodies in the jungle. The fact that many of the people who drank the cyanide - as well as Jim Jones himself - were originally from Indiana, that stayed with me. I wanted to know why they did such a baffling, horrendous thing, why they would kill their children.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“London is a huge shop, with a hotel on the upper storeys.”

“Friends are God's apology for relations.”

Source : In Michael Holroyd Best of Hugh Kingsmill (1970) p. 12

“The foolish square calves pretend to be frightened of our train. Bluffers! Haven't they seen it every day since they were born? It's just an excuse to shake the joy out of their heels.”

“As eight years before, he was leaving ... to rewrite his destiny in orderly fashion.”

Source : Alessandro Baricco (1998). “Silk”, Vintage

“I don't think you get anything good if you just accept everything the way it rolls out. You have to fight for what you believe in.”

“Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself.”