"If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up."

-- Alan Perlis

#Program Quotes #Explaining Quotes

“The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. ...The real enemy then is humanity itself.”
“It is hard to give up what you know for what you donâ€™t know.”

Source : Gloria Whelan (2009). “Angel on the Square”, p.14, Harper Collins
“No matter what it is that you want to do, you should dream as big as you can and go for it. Don't let anyone tell you that it can't be done because that's the worst advice. Do whatever you want to do and hard work will make it pay off.”
“Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977.”
“New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine.”
“Character is a strange blending of flinty strength and pliable warmth.”
“Some pretty senior young individuals in and around the Cabinet should share the responsibility for talking up an election and referring publicly on the radio to where the risk lies.”

Source : "Labour critics blame Balls and Alexander" by Jo Revill, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2007.
“Craft takes time, and therefore it is luxury. You cannot do an amazingly well-made garment without taking timeâ€”not just the time it takes to make something but also the time it took the maker to come up with the idea. That is all luxury, and that has been lost because were trying to make things faster and faster, cheaper and cheaper. The consumer tends to lose track of what luxury is.”

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