"The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Dream Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Men Quotes

“I started following the news and seeing what was happening around the world with the polar ice caps melting and temperatures breaking records. I became concerned as an animal on this planet but also as a father.”
“Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains!”

Source : "Fictional character: Philip Marlowe". "The Big Sleep", www.imdb.com. August 22, 1946.
“If anyone has it rough at Guantanamo, it is the guards. They are constantly harassed and threatened by some of these terrorists. Prisoners tell guards, we know where your families are. We know where your wife is, your children, and we are going to kill them.”
“You people are out of your minds. Clemsons Walker Course is not only one of the nicest courses in the Southeast, its one of the nicest collegiate courses in the country. The Tiger Paw 17th hole is amazing!”
“The opening of your hearts to receive the Lord Jesus Christ is not a work done by any power of your own, but the arm of the Lord is revealed therein.”
“If we can successfully lift the stranglehold of bureaucracy and old ways of thinking, we can see some real innovation in biodiversity conservation in Egypt as has occurred elsewhere in the world. It's the government's call. If they continue to put people in high-level positions that have no knowledge, experience or even interest in environment, Egypt will not advance. The country has very good national experts so why not use them?”
“That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothing.”
“Don't stop with your first draft.”

Source : Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger (1978). “The Elements of Programming Style”, Computing McGraw-Hill

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