"it's just that in C++ and the like, you don't trust anybody, and in CLOS you basically trust everybody. The practical result is that thieves and bums use C++ and nice people use CLOS."

-- Erik Naggum

#Nice Quotes #People Quotes #Thieves Quotes

“I can't just wake up and watch TV and do nothing. I need a day off working out, seeing the wife, play a little golf, see my kids.”
“There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.”
“It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.”
“Well they do have a use, but we should never believe that any international conference is going to suddenly solve problems like the condition of the global environment.”
“I guess from my perspective, puppy love is more of an emotional crush or a platonic affection. So my best advice would probably be to be the big dog. If you want something real and lasting, slow down and look more for grown-up love.”
“When we are weak, we can still be strong. When we're under the greatest stress and facing the greatest challenges, it may be the best day of our lives, for God is working to make us into the people he wants us to be.”
“Early on, when software was developed by computer scientists, just people working with computers, people passed around software because that was how you got computers to do things.”
“I just wanted it to be American.”

Source : "Harmony Korine causes discord" by Louis Pattison, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2007.

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