James Gleick Quotes
Computer programs are the most intricate, delicately balanced and finely interwoven of all the products of human industry to date. They are machines with far more moving parts than any engine: the parts don't wear out, but they interact and rub up against one another in ways the programmers themselves cannot predict.
Quotes to Explore
-
Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
-
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
-
It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
-
I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
-
Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.
-
I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
-
I am very emotional. It took me many years to recover from the death of my father. Even when I was playing cricket, I wasn't happy. I would just sit and cry. I was very young. He was too young; he shouldn't have gone. Cricket is all right. We all play sport. Good and bad days come.
-
My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
-
Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
-
I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
-
Life is not easy in politics.
-
My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.
-
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
-
Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
-
A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
-
Some people are tied to five hundred words a day, six days a week. I'm a hesitater.
-
Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.
-
I love to fly so much.
-
My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well.
-
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
-
I think sketch writing is a good spot for everyone to start because it requires you to develop characters, have a beginning, middle and end and have a bunch of jokes in a short amount of time.
-
I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.
-
Well, I didn't learn them I had to do them phonetically. But I've recorded in Dutch and Japanese, too.
-
Computer programs are the most intricate, delicately balanced and finely interwoven of all the products of human industry to date. They are machines with far more moving parts than any engine: the parts don't wear out, but they interact and rub up against one another in ways the programmers themselves cannot predict.
