All Quotes

“things the net has been used for is clearly very small. And if they have found any people any jobs, clearly they have done good. If I had a job to offer, I would offer it to my friends first. Is this”

“Reaction to the DEC Spam of 1978”

“Look how wonderful this is. I bet you didn't believe this could be done.”

“GNU , which stands for Gnu's Not Unix, is the name for the complete Unix”

“To avoid horrible confusion , please pronounce the G in the word GNU when it is the name of this project.”

“GNU is not in the public domain. Everyone will be permitted to modify and redistribute GNU, but no distributor will be allowed to restrict its further redistribution. That is to say, proprietary modifications will not be allowed. I want to make sure that all versions of GNU remain free.”

“Once GNU is written, everyone will be able to obtain good system software free, just like air.”

“It may be true that one can reach more microcomputer users with advertising. If this is really so, a business which advertises the service of copying and mailing GNU for a fee ought to be successful enough to pay for its advertising and more. This way, only the users who benefit from the advertising pay for it. On the other hand, if many people get GNU from their friends, and such companies don't succeed, this will show that advertising was not really necessary to spread GNU. Why is it that free market advocates don't want to let the free market decide this?”

“If anything deserves a reward, it is social contribution. Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results. If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs.”

“There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive. But the means customary in the field of software today are based on destruction.”

“It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has. Some cognizance of the fact must be taken in your teaching. Letter to Sidney Cox”

“Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense. Letter to Louis Untermeyer”

“A poem...begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It is a reaching”

“My Sorrow, when she's here with me, Thinks these dark days of autumn rain Are beautiful as days can be; She loves the bare, the withered tree; She walks the sodden pasture lane. My November Guest”

“Her pleasure will not let me stay. She talks and I am fain to list: She's glad the birds are gone away, She's glad her simple worsted gray Is silver now with clinging mist. My November Guest”

“The desolate, deserted trees, The faded earth, the heavy sky, The beauties she so truly sees, She thinks I have no eye for these, And vexes me for reason why. My November Guest”

“Not yesterday I learned to know The love of bare November days Before the coming of the snow, But it were vain to tell her so, And they are better for her praise. My November Guest”

“I do not see why I should e'er turn back , Or those should not set forth upon my track To overtake me, who should miss me here And long to know if still I held them dear. They would not find me changed from him they knew”

“The fact is the sweetest dream that labor knows. Mowing”

“There was never a sound beside the wood but one, And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. Mowing”

“Today, I'm totally zen. Brisbane International 2016 [1]”

“People sometimes miss it and sometimes they don't have it and they want it, and when they have it, they don't want it On rivalries”

“Previously I always thought it was just tactical and technique, but every match has become almost mental and physical—I try to push myself to move well. I try to push myself not to get upset and stay positive, and that's what my biggest improvement is over all those years. Under pressure I can see things very clear. Post match press conference after winning Dubai Open 2007. [2]”

“All four of those are on grass, whereas I have to play some on a hard court! Humorously explaining why it is more difficult for him to win all four grand slams in Tennis than it is for Tiger Woods to win in Golf. [3]”

“It's just unreal, I'm shocked myself. I've played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody. After defeating Andy Roddick in the Australian Open 2007 semi”

“It was just one of those days for him to forget and me to remember. After defeating Andy Roddick in the Australian Open 2007 semi”

“I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz. Lenny Kravitz quote, first quote on the right”

“I never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, 'If you don't win Roland Garros we take you to the orphanage.' When asked what it was like to wait 27 years to win the French Open. http://198.105.192.83/general/tennis/story?storyId=4760203”

“No no no, too late! Stop! Yeah, come on… I was allowed to challenge for like two seconds, the guy takes like ten… Every time! I can't allowed that stuff to happen! You have any rules in there or what ?! Stop showing me your hand, ok?! Don't tell me to be quite, ok?! When I wanna talk, I talk, all right?! I don't give a shit what he said, I just say he's waiting way too long… Criticizing umpire during 2009 US Open heartbreaking final against Juan Martin del Potro, who took long before challenging a wide call. Scene on Youtube”

“Sometimes you're just happy playing. Some people, some media, unfortunately, don't understand that it's okay just to play tennis and enjoy it. They always think you have to win everything, it always needs to be a success story, and if it's not, obviously, what is the point? Maybe you have to go back and think, Why have I started playing tennis? Because I just like it. It's actually sort of a dream hobby that became somewhat of a job. Some people just don't get that, ever. Tennis”