"Basic would never have surfaced because there was always a language better than Basic for that purpose. That language was Joss, which predated Basic and was beautiful. But Basic happened to be on a GE timesharing system that was done by Dartmouth, and when GE decided to franchise that, it started spreading Basic around just because it was there, not because it had any intrinsic merits whatsoever."

-- Alan Kay

#Beautiful Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Done Quotes

“It takes visions and courage to create. It takes faith and courage to prove.”
“'Insatiable', the album, was more of a project, really... it was more like a songwriting excursion and an exclusive deal that hadn't really ever been done that often before... me being like, 'ooh I'm an entrepreneur', rather than 'this is my singing career'.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
“To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.”
“Just date people you like, then you're guaranteed to have fun.”
“So long as mists envelop you, be still. Be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists - as it surely will. Then act with courage.”
“It looks like they've been watching old Japan tapes!”
“It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.”

Source : Frederic Bastiat (2006). “The Law”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.
“I've always felt that the cool thing about being a writer is that all you need is paper to do the job.”

Source : Source: www.complex.com

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