"So as I look at transitioning to the communication platforms of the future, I see that the beauty of Internet protocols is you get the separation of the layers between service and technology."

-- Michael K. Powell

#Communication Quotes #Technology Quotes #Layers Quotes

“The best practice is inspired by theory.”
“that strange conflict in the American character: we pride ourselves on being the melting pot of the world but we insist on regarding most immigrants with suspicion.”

Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
“Whoever want my spot can play me one-on-one for it.”
“Over and over again, people had to disobey lawful authority to follow the voice of their conscience. This obedience to God and disobedience to the State has, over and over again, happened throughout history. It is time again to cry out against our 'leaders,' to question (since it is not for us to say that they are evil) whether or not they are sane.”
“My parents were dishonest people. If it was my birthday, I knew my mother took me to the K-Mart and she stole my toy. She'd put it in the shopping cart and we'd walk out. I was raised with that.”

Source : "Buffalo boy" by Andrew Smith, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2001.
“Saving the world was merely a hobby. My *vocation* has been that of inspector of desert water holes.”
“There are many satisfactions in public architecture but one of the greatest is the moment when you unveil a project and suddenly a group of adults”
“No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers.... Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn't the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children? The way, the only way to stop this evil is for the red man to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was first, and should be now, for it was never divided." We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.”

Source : Speech to William Henry Harrison, Vincennes, Indiana Territory, 14 Aug. 1810

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