Jon Postel Quotes
I got involved when I was a graduate student at UCLA when UCLA was the first site on the net.
Quotes to Explore
-
All I suggest is to make K-12 like higher education. Higher education in the United States is the best in the world because these institutions compete with each other for your tuition dollar. Let's just bring competition to public education.
-
I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.
-
Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?
-
'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.
-
Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers.
-
I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
-
I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
-
I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.
-
While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
-
Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody.
-
Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.
-
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
-
My father is a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan and always wanted to work or star in a remake of any of his film. But he didn't get the opportunity.
-
When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way.
-
The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.
-
Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture.
-
The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.
-
I agree with President Roosevelt, and generations since, that American seniors deserve better than poverty.
-
I have had twenty years of perfect companionship with a man among men. He is a rock and a protection. I have never regretted it.
-
We have vehicles like the Opal Atom that we offer in Europe that offer consumers a huge ability to customize, from the color to the accessories. I'd say it's our vehicle that's the most customizable to give it quite a different look and feel.
-
When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false.
-
I love spin classes. I'm also very big on music, so I make a mix on my iPod that's 45 minutes to an hour long of music that pumps me up so I know how much time I've been at the gym without looking at the clock. Put your favorite songs towards the end of the mix, so this way you keep going until you hear your favorite song.
-
I got involved when I was a graduate student at UCLA when UCLA was the first site on the net.
