Fix Quotes
1363 quotes by 1087 authors
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. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of…
— Laozi
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Just don't pollute something that's not dirty. I want my kids to be happy and I want them to be themselves. I was saying to…
— Jada Pinkett Smith
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It is important that we have the inner richness to be able to look up at the stars or the moon and compose a poem…
— Daisaku Ikeda
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Oh Lord, purify my soul from all its stains. Warm my heart with the love of thee, animate my sluggish nature and fix my inconstancy,…
— William Wilberforce
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I have always striven to fix beauty in wood, stone, glass or pottery, in oil or watercolor by using whatever seemed fittest for the expression…
— Louis Comfort Tiffany
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What is there astonishing in the death of a mortal? But we are grieved at his dying before his time. Are we sure that this…
— Saint Basil
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Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow (e.g., given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the…
— Eric S. Raymond
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Microsoft knows that reliable software is not cost effective. According to studies, 90% to 95% of all bugs are harmless. They're never discovered by users,…
— Bruce Schneier
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Priority-wise, it simply makes sense to take care of yourself before you start searching for a higher meaning. You aren't much good to anyone else…
— Scott Adams
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Do you know how much faster I can fix an airplane when I want to fix it than when I don't want to fix it?
— Gordon Bethune
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It is not my experience that we are here to fix the world, that we are here to change anything at all. I think we…
— Cheri Huber
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The Merchant, to Secure His Treasure The merchant, to secure his treasure, Conveys it in a borrowed name: Euphelia serves to grace my measure, But…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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A man who publishes his letters becomes a nudist - nothing shields him from the world's gaze except his bare skin. A writer, writing away,…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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Sitting down and weeping is what women have done for centuries, and it has done no good at all. Nor praying. God has given us…
— Sheri S. Tepper
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Here's the general theory: To clarify, add detail. Imagine that. To clarify, add detail. And clutter and overload are not an attribute of information, they…
— Edward Tufte
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I can't tell you how much time is spent worrying about decisions that don't matter. To just be able to make a decision and see…
— Ward Cunningham
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Marriage is a very complicated machine. When it breaks down, you can't fix it with one screw.
— Yvonne Strahovski
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We humans are different - our brains are built not to fix memories in stone but rather to transform them, our recollections in their retelling.
— Mira Bartok
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The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so…
— Ogden Nash
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In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd…
— John Milton
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