#owe

The community of developers whose work you see on the Web, who probably don't know what ADO or UML or JPA even stand for, deploy better systems at less cost in less time at lower risk than we see in the Enterprise. This is true even when you factor in the greater flexibility and velocity of startups. ↗

— Tim Bray

#better #community #cost #deploy #developers

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. ↗

— David Brin

#attracted #attracts #corrupts #more #other

We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments. ↗

— Edie Falco

#around #busy #days #different #fish

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. ↗

— William Falconer

#endowed #feel #forgo #god #i

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ↗

— William Falconer

#british #head #her #however #immediate

The regular hours necessary to be observed by those who follow country business, are perhaps of more consequence than any of the other articles, however important those may be. ↗

— William Falconer

#articles #business #consequence #country #follow

He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity. ↗

— Nick Faldo

#ball #elasticity #getting #great #his

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#comes #despotic #elected #general #hateful

You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power. ↗

— Helen Gurley Brown

#money #power #recognition #take #you

I never sing in the shower. It's very dangerous. ↗

— Jimmy Fallon

#i #never #shower #sing #very