"Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter."

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Source : Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press

Stan Kelly-Bootle

#Astrology Quotes #Numerology Quotes #Computer Quotes

“If he'd looked like a cross between Mr. Clooney and, say, one of the hobbits, I probably would have been far more capable of coherent thought.”
“As a child I had no toys; our house was bombed, but there were lots of bricks. Ruins are wonderful because they are the beginning of something new, you can do something with them.”
“I like taking my leads from what I see rather than trying to impose. I like that way of looking at things and seeing what's on screen and seeing how I can draw music out of it almost.”
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”

Source : "A River Runs Through It" (1976)
“The very best pictures adapt themselves to many changes in meaning.”
“It's not always about the money.”
“You have to wait together - for a week, for a year, for a lifetime, before the final intimate conversation may be attained ... and exhausted. So that ... That in effect was love.”

Source : Ford Madox Ford (1964). “Parade's End: A man could stand up”
“Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him.”

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