Distinction Quote by Larry Wall Download Open image “I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.” — Larry Wall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Distinction Officials Sound
It seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The Voice has been politically correct in many of its aspects since before that term was ever used. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
It is in bad taste," is the most formidable word an Englishman can pronounce. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We don't deliberately set out to offend. Unless we feel it's justified. — Graham Chapman Copy Share Image
I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts. — Hedy Lamarr Copy Share Image
When you take a subject and reduce it to something like a four-second sound bite and a check mark on a ballot, I think… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
I was labeled 'P-E-A,' which is patient expired on arrival. I guess that's the politically correct way of saying you didn't make it. — Kyle Carpenter Copy Share Image
FUCK it's just a fucking word. if it fucking offends you then you really need to shut the fuck up. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Take Lisp, you know its the most beautiful language in the world -- at least up until Haskell came along. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing? — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
While I have historically been a late worker, you know, sometimes I even like to get up early and see what's happened in the… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some… — Edward Einhorn Copy Share Image
The fact -- not theory -- that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in… — George Gaylord Simpson Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
If I have a system it is limited to a recognition of what Kierkegaard called 'the infinite qualitative distinction' between time and eternity — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“In your goals to go the extra mile, prepare to pay an extra cost. Excellence is to be exceptional, surpassing, more competent and a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories. — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
Where did you find that one?" "I have no idea. I'm a magnet for crazies, I guess." "They must be able to sense a… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike - and I don't think there really is a distinction between the… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity. — Abdus Salam Copy Share Image
I think it is important for all those young out there - who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and… — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
