All Quotes
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“El hombre es un microcosmos”
“El mundo es infinito y el hombre una circunstancia”
“El que a nadie ama, me parece que por nadie es amado”
“Hay hombres que trabajan como si fueran a vivir eternamente”
“Hay que decir la verdad, no hablar mucho”
“δοκεῖ δὲ αὐτῶι τάδε· ἀρχὰς εἶναι τῶν ὅλων ἀτόμους καὶ κενόν, τὰ δ'ἀλλα πάντα νενομίσθαι [δοξάζεσθαι]. ( Diogenes Laërtius , Democritus , Vol. IX, 44) Now his principal doctrines were these. That atoms and the vacuum were the beginning of the universe; and that everything else existed only in opinion.”
“The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.”
“Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.”
“νόμωι (γάρ φησι) γλυκὺ καὶ νόμωι πικρόν, νόμωι θερμόν, νόμωι ψυχρόν, νόμωι χροιή, ἐτεῆι δὲ ἄτομα καὶ κενόν (Tetralogies of Thrasyllus, 9; Sext. Emp. adv. math. VII 135) Sweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, colour by convention; atoms and Void [alone] exist in reality. (trans. Freeman 1948), p. 92.”
“By convention sweet is sweet, bitter is bitter, hot is hot, cold is cold, color is color; but in truth there are only atoms and the void. (trans. Durant 1939), Ch. XVI, §II, p. 353; citing C. Bakewell, Sourcebook in Ancient Philosophy , New York, 1909, "Fragment O" (Diels), p. 60”
“We know nothing accurately in reality, but [only] as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon [the body] and impinge upon it. Freeman (1948), p. 142”
“Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions. Freeman (1948), p. 149”
“Coition is a slight attack of apoplexy. For man gushes forth from man, and is separated by being torn apart with a kind of blow. Freeman (1948), p. 150”
“Man is a universe in little [ Microcosm ]. Freeman (1948), p. 150”
“Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well”
“The Evolution of the UNIX Time”
“I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the demigodic party. USENET : net.unix”
“Dennis Ritchie: The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On”
“UNIX is very simple, it just needs a genius to understand its simplicity. quote.com/quotes/authors/d/dennis_ritchie.html Brainy Quote.com .”
“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success. The Development of the C Language .”
“Life's a bitch and then your feet wear down. Plan 9 fortunes file .”
“Computer science research is different from these more traditional disciplines. Philosophically it differs from the physical sciences because it seeks not to discover, explain, or exploit the natural world, but instead to study the properties of machines of human creation. In this it as analogous to mathematics, and indeed the "science" part of computer science is, for the most part mathematical in spirit. But an inevitable aspect of computer science is the creation of computer programs: objects that, though intangible, are subject to commercial exchange.”
“The greatest danger to good computer science research today may be excessive relevance . Evidence for the worldwide fascination with computers is everywhere, from the articles on the financial, and even the front pages of the newspapers, to the difficulties that even the most prestigious universities experience in finding and keeping faculty in computer science. The best professors, instead of teaching bright students, join start”
“Another danger is that commercial pressures of one sort or another will divert the attention of the best thinkers from real innovation to exploitation of the current fad, from prospecting to mining a known lode.”
“The working examples of important new systems seem to have come either from entrepreneurial efforts (Visicalc is a good example) or from large companies, like Bell Labs and most especially Xerox, that were much involved with computers and could afford research into them, but did not regard them as their primary business.”
“Funny old games: The sporting year in a year like no other”
“You Pasman, you have it inside, too. http://www.conexionbrando.com/1314892”
“I am with Maduro , I will continue with him and I will die with him. Estoy con Maduro, sigo con él y voy a morir con él”
“Even now as a manager, when I suffer a loss it still feels like a first loss, the first I suffered as a player. And when I win, it is like my first win, too. This is me, this is my personality, it is who I am and will always be.”
“There is no secret here. I will give my all, as I always have. This way I prove to the people who hired me, and those who support me, how much it means.”