Brian Kernighan Quotes
Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.Brian Kernighan
Quotes to Explore
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge -
For me, each nuance of a color is in some way an individual, a being who is not only from the same race as the base color, but who definitely possesses a distinct character and personal soul.
Yves Klein -
I've been a fan since I was a kid of that sort of bump-in-the-night stuff. I don't tend to go in too much for the slash-and-burn-'em or the walker kills on 'The Walking Dead.' That stuff's not necessarily the stuff that frightens me or gets me going. It's more the terror of waiting, the thriller aspects, that I find compelling.
Dallas Roberts -
For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone.
Yair Lapid -
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
Mao Zedong -
One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
Victor Hugo
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
Raf Simons -
A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.
Ingrid Betancourt -
I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
G. Willow Wilson -
I think we should balance the federal budget tomorrow. I'm optimistic. I think Americans are optimistic. We went to the moon; we can balance the federal budget.
Gary Johnson -
When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
Zac Brown Band -
People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.
LaToya London
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
Hannah Cowley -
I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.
Bea Arthur -
I pride myself on my personilty and not my looks because one day, I will be old and crusty with a moustache, and someone is going to love me for my personality and not looks. So whoever is going to marry me is going to laugh till he dies.
Nargis Fakhri -
If I fell into one relationship after another with men who were either emotionally tuned out and unavailable or hotheaded and controlling, or both, it was because I was lacking in good sense about men.
Kate Christensen -
It is users that are driving the networks with innovations on top of the networks and with innovations in the devices space. This is very healthy.
Hans Vestberg -
Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.
Yolanda Adams
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I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.
R. L. Stine -
Often when someone comes to you and wants to vent, it's so tempting to start giving advice. But if you allow the person just to let the feelings out, and then at another time come back with advice or comments, that person would experience a deeper healing.
Oprah Winfrey -
Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.
Venus Williams -
I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'
Ira Sachs -
I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive... people who aren't afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves.
Bob Fosse -
Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.
Brian Kernighan