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“At first I hoped that such a technically unsound project would collapse but I soon realized it was doomed to success. Almost anything in software can be implemented, sold, and even used given enough determination. There is nothing a mere scientist can say that will stand against the flood of a hundred million dollars. But there is one quality that cannot be purchased in this way--and that is reliability. The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay.”
Source : "The Emperor's Old Clothes". Tony Hoare's lecture at the 1980 ACM Turing Award in Nashville, Tennessee; "Communications of the ACM", Volume 24, Issue 2, dl.acm.org. February 1981. 
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“As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the spirit of tolerance but also to cherish moral and spiritual qualities such as modesty, humility, compassion, and, most important, to attain a certain degree of emotional equilibrium.”
Source : Thant (U) (1978). “View from the UN”, Doubleday Books
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“I welcome you to the community of people who have decided that EASY will no longer suffice!”
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“As a young girl, I remember singing CeCe Penniston's 'Don't Walk Away.' It was like my jam.”
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“I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing.”
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“It seems the more I think about not sinning, the more I sin, but the more I think about just loving Jesus, the less I seem to sin. Falling in love seems to be the key..”
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“I don't speak during the day. I warm up physically and, obviously, vocally, constantly. And I try to live like a nun.”
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“Probably the high-watermark of [Bob] Dylan's career came after he plugged in his guitar ("Judas!" one fan shouted during a concert) and exploded American poetry, combining Beat aesthetics, psychedelic imagery, collage techniques.”
Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
