#pro

The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#center #contradicts #deeply #held #humankind

When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#cast #characters #dancing #glen #group

Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce better children than they produced. ↗

— Judith Viorst

#believe #better #children #expect #our

War was my university. Everything has proceeded from there. ↗

— Paul Virilio

#proceeded #university #war

Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking a trend to death is not contributing to culture and is ultimately not profitable. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#companies #contributing #cultural #culture #death

We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers. ↗

— Scott Walker

#endless #expansion #government #looking #middle

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. ↗

— Larry Wall

#hubris #impatience #laziness #programmer #three

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. ↗

— Larry Wall

#any #assembly #code #language #programmers

I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary. ↗

— Larry Wall

#best #free #i #i think #likely

If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious. ↗