Ken Thompson Quotes
We tried to avoid, you know, records. We were told over and over that was probably the most serious mistake and the reason was the system would never catch on, because we didn't have records.
Quotes to Explore
-
One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
-
I love to push myself.
-
I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'
-
Anyone who knows me knows what I'm about - how much I'm into empowerment, equal rights and everyone just loving themselves.
-
Fortune and love favor the brave.
-
I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
-
I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
-
The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.
-
It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
-
I've taken Saturdays to be the day I pull back completely. I do things that are more creative, and I've actually found that helps me when I get back into work to be more thoughtful, and I truly believe that feeding your creative soul is really important to being more analytical.
-
I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
-
When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
-
The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just give it to you rather than sharing it.
-
I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.
-
I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.
-
A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
-
The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.
-
Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.
-
My mother had abandoned the family, so grandmother raised me. And she was instrumental in that she taught me that the world is a glorious place. She taught me to embrace humanity. And she'd say there's never an excuse for joy. And to be thankful.
-
Persistence is the direct result of habit. The mind absorbs and becomes a part of the daily experiences upon which it feeds. Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.
-
I hate to think they're going to change the rules this far into the season that might affect us
-
We tried to avoid, you know, records. We were told over and over that was probably the most serious mistake and the reason was the system would never catch on, because we didn't have records.
