"Often your 'fixes' are actually removing capabilities that you had, because they were 'too confusing to the user'. GNOME seems to be developed by interface Nazis, where consistently the excuse for not doing something is not 'it's too complicated to do', but 'it would confuse users'."

-- Linus Torvalds

#Confusion Quotes #Confusing Quotes #Complicated Quotes

“Theres a fine line between playing a dim-witted character and playing a cartoon.”
“There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.”

Source : "A single mum and the first female face of trade unionism - meet Frances O'Grady, Queen of the TUC" by Kevin Maguire, www.mirror.co.uk. July 16, 2012.
“The reaction was immediate. The blood flow was in proportion to how much the painting was liked.”
“... I see the country going fascist. We have been going that route a long, long time. A lot of things the country has done from its inception were fascist. But now, now I think we are in the face of a terrible fascist dictatorship.”

Source : Margaret Walker, Maryemma Graham (2002). “Conversations with Margaret Walker”, p.4, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“Abstract and conceptual painters face different demons than representational painters, but neither group has a monopoly on either authenticity or originality.”
“It's odd that men feel they must protect women, since for the most part they must be protected from men.”
“I've been on a show before where I was on a billboard and then, after like three or four weeks, they took the billboard down and replaced it with nothing. Took my face down and put a white board up.”
“Just tell 'em you're gonna soak the fat boys and forget the rest of the tax stuff...Willie, make 'em cry, make 'em laugh, make 'em mad, even mad at you. Stir them up and they'll love it and come back for more, but, for heaven's sakes, don't try to improve their minds.”

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