"Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California."

-- Edsger Dijkstra

#Learning Quotes #Ideas Quotes #California Quotes

“I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.”
“Love is scary because it pulls you in with an intense force, a supermassive black hole which looks like nothing from the outside but from the inside challenges every reasonable thing you know. You lose yourself, like I lost myself, in the warmest of annihilations.”
“A vast technology has been developed to prevent, reduce, or terminate exhausting labor and physical damage. It is now dedicated to the production of the most trivial conveniences and comfort.”
“Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory.”
“Are you sure?" A brow arched up. "Because I'm here at your service and taking your jeans off is something I feel I'd be exceptionally wonderful at.”
“I help design my own tennis clothes.”
“Seeing John Major govern the country is like watching Edward Scissorhands try to make balloon animals.”

Source : "Sports Coverage? It's Not Cricket". www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2004.
“And another question was unfortunately not asked of GÃ¶ring: 'The German people put faith in you even if they doubted Hitler because you were gentlemanly and more likable. What did you, GÃ¶ring, do to justify this confidence? You have led a luxurious life and collected stolen art.”

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