#oft

So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided. ↗

— Ted Nelson

#bill gates #crew #database #decided #ellison

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#accusing #america #because #british #called

The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#become #engagement #face #governments #often

Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#cast #casts #commission #committee #disarmament

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#change #changed #live #often #perfect

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#conscience #judgment #matters #often #said

People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#am #break #going #i #i am

They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take pages away from young photographers who need the exposure. ↗

— Helmut Newton

#away #exposure #guy #i #i think

Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are often released into unsuspecting communities and left free to resume their sexual attacks. ↗

— Bob Ney

#brought #child #communities #free #into

I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#first #first time #going #i #love