There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.
We have a rule that if you check in code, you have to maintain it. So I mostly code on the side. I don’t check in code anymore.
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
If no mistake have you made, yet losing you are a different game you should play.
Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.
We don’t talk music. We just play.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
Chaos is a friend of mine.
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
I’m a musician at heart, I know I’m not really a singer. I couldn’t compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them.
Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind and in contradiction, for a time, to the voice of the great and good. Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse of an individual.
I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.
It is a time when one’s spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death.
Talent is cheap, and many talents treat themselves cheaply.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension.
I think it’s a wonderful time for a woman.
When people ask me if I have any spare change, I tell them I have it at home in my spare wallet.
