Ken Thompson Quotes

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• Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Mind
  • War
  • Peace

• I am a fashion designer, so I guess that makes me an overpacker.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Fashion
  • Designer
  • Overpacker

• I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Men
  • Movies
  • Tired

• Sometimes you're going to have someone on your team who's just not comfortable with being open. You have to ask yourself, 'Is this person going to allow us to be a real team?' Maybe they're not right for your team. You have to be willing to lose someone sometimes.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Real
  • Team
  • Sometimes

• I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'

  

  Pat Summitt
  • Way
  • Hate
  • Me

• I feel like somehow I'm living my life mentally in reverse. It's taken me to my 30s to feel relaxed and comfortable in my skin. I think I'm going to be dancing on tables when I'm 50. I really hope I am.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Life
  • Comfortable
  • Skin

• The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.

  

  Maimonides
  • Man
  • Same
  • Youth

• I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • People
  • Read
  • Surprised

• The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • God
  • Men
  • Happy

• I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Dream
  • Speak
  • Year

• When politicians seek to restrict political speech, it is invariably to protect their own incumbency and avoid having to defend their policies in the marketplace of ideas.

  

  Ted Olson
  • Political
  • Ideas
  • Speech

• Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Kids

• In the end it doesn't matter what you do.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • You
  • End
  • Matter

• It must be nice for today's hitters when you don't have to worry about being thrown at. It's a whole different deal. When I played, getting knocked down was an accepted part of the game.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Different
  • Today
  • Game

• I actually used to make these little plays. I would stand there, and I would act out where I was dying or something. I would make them sit there and watch all my plays. I would be talking in gibberish language, like I was talking in a different language, and my parents would be like, 'Oh that was great!' and I'd be like, 'Wait, it's not done!'

  

  Madison Davenport
  • Great
  • Different
  • Done

• The successful establishment of a buffer zone around Fort Carson will provide an example for other bases around the country as we seek to protect the training mission of the U.S. military while preserving critical habitats on our ranges.

  

  Wayne Allard
  • Country
  • Training
  • Military

• I became demented overnight. Sudden onset is one factor that distinguishes my form of dementia from the more common form associated with Alzheimer's disease.

  

  Floyd Skloot
  • Common
  • Alzheimer
  • Dementia

• The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.

  

  Walter Ulbricht
  • People
  • Important
  • Nature

• We are fans because the game also appeals to our local pride, our pleasure in thinking of ourselves as, yes, Americans but nonetheless different from residents of other towns, other states, other regions.

  

  John Thorn
  • Different
  • Thinking
  • Game

• I'm not actually from Compton - I'm from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I'm there all the time.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Up
  • Time
  • Father

• A self-confessed fan of Harlan Coben, I find it difficult to not read a new Harlan Coben novel the week it comes out.

  

  Ravi Subramanian
  • Difficult
  • Read

• There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time, I believe. France and Germany and Japan, China, other nations, they're going to exist. But they're losing their significance and ability to deal with certain matters.

  

  Alan Cranston
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Long

• Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Life
  • Work
  • Live

• I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals.

  

  Ken Thompson