Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson. Unix was basically his, likewise C's predecessor, likewise much… — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
The totalitarian phenomenon is not to be understood without making an allowance for the thesis that some important part of every society… — Jean Francois Revel Copy Share Image
In the late '70s I was asked to sing for the first time in Germany. I'll never forget it. It was at… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
An Experiment, like every other event which takes place, is a natural phenomenon; but in a Scientific Experiment the circumstances are so… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
When we think of what is necessary for the phenomenon that we call life, we think of compartmentalization, keeping the molecules which… — Dimitar Sasselov Copy Share Image
I believe Picasso's success is just one small part of the broader modern phenomenon of artists themselves rejecting serious art- perhaps partly… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
The expectation that every neurotic phenomenon can be cured may, I suspect, be derived from the layman's belief that the neuroses are… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Anyone who studies the contemporary phenomenon of global warming, or who fears the insidious impact that the smartphone is having on our… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
Grandfathers do have a special place in the lives of their children's children. They can delight and play with them and even… — Alvin Francis Poussaint Copy Share Image
Most psychologists treat the mind as disembodied, a phenomenon with little or no connection to the physical body. Conversely, physicians treat the… — Candace Pert Copy Share Image
To me, in retrospect, it was amazing that 'Seinfeld' was a show that had such mass appeal. At first it was a… — Bill Lawrence Copy Share Image
Scientists want full proof under laboratory conditions. And the answer is very simple: When Im put under pressure, I cant perform. Even… — Uri Geller Copy Share Image
I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
If the rewiring of the brain that yielded recursive generation of hierarchically structured expressions took place in an individual, not a group… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Trauma is a unique phenomenon all on its own, as if it is an entity in and of itself.” — Paul Levy Copy Share Image
All share complicity in the destruction of that much under-rated phenomenon called liberty. — Barbara Amiel Copy Share Image
Marijuana was a new phenomenon when we started. Now it's for everyone - doctors, lawyers, presidents. — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
Human intelligence is a marvelous, subtle, and poorly understood phenomenon. There is no danger of duplicating it anytime soon. — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless. — Mercedes McCambridge Copy Share Image
Claude Debussy was a rare phenomenon a composer profoundly and subversively revolutionary. — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
We all go through phases; in one such phase, I was interested to know about the psychic phenomenon. — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
Gisele Bundchen, along w Kate Moss, is a phenomenon. I wish models knew they have to have a personality — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Georgian film is a completely unique phenomenon, vivid, philosophically inspiring, very wise, childlike. There is everything that can make me cry and… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Leonardo DiCaprio is a rare phenomenon. Whereas for so many celebrities an interest in the environment is a fashionable accessory, for DiCaprio… — Zac Goldsmith Copy Share Image
What I've learned is there's a scientifically proven phenomenon that's attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what… — Deborah Norville Copy Share Image
Cross-generational sex is the phenomenon in which young girls are given material goods in exchange for sex. All girls are vulnerable to… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
For most of human history, there was a ruling class and then there was everybody else. If you were part of everybody… — Jay S. Walker Copy Share Image
The phenomenon of war is its hermaphroditism: the principles of victory and of defeat inhabit the same body and the necessary opponent,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest… — Alexander Sutherland Neill Copy Share Image
The cash register did more for human morality than the Congregational Church. It was a really powerful phenomenon to make an economic… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
You seem to be absolutely unaware of the phenomenon of marriage - which is destructive to both man and woman. Love is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A great character, founded on the living rock of principle is, in fact, not a solitary phenomenon, to be at once perceived,… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
Poverty is a strange and elusive thing. ... I condemn poverty and I advocate it; poverty is simple and complex at once;… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
