"It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures."

-- Alan Perlis

#Trust Quotes #Data Quotes #Structure Quotes

“The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and still be inside the law. The same thing goes for rules, policies and procedures - you know, the organization's "internal laws." You can "go by the book" and still behave unethically. Still not move beyond mediocrity. High standards-the ethics of excellence-come to life through your basic values, your character, integrity and honesty. Obeying the law is the bare minimum.”
“Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken. Defeat strips away false values and makes you realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.”
“A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.”
“Peace on earth, good will to men From Heaven's all - gracious King”
“We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Childrens Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didnt raise a significant amount of money.”
“Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul. I want to get lost in the rock and roll, and drift away.”
“When the forms of an old culture are dying, the new culture is created by a few people who are not afraid to be insecure.”
“In our ability to think about something differently lies the power to make it different.”

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