#programme

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#away #catastrophe #deal #energy #environment

We're investing record sums on buses and trains. We have a huge programme to encourage people to walk and cycle, and everyone up to and including the PM has been looking closely at how we can promote electric vehicles, hybrids, and other technologies. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#buses #closely #cycle #electric #encourage

Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, 'I loved you last night.' And they go, 'What about the week before?' They immediately worry. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#actor #before #go #i #immediately

When you look at our programme for the next few weeks, you do not fancy a trip to the Oktoberfest. ↗

— Oliver Kahn

#few #look #next #our #programme

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#cause #code #environment #ever #exist

We are not programmed to bury our kids. ↗

— Eric Holder

#kids #our #programmed

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#consultation #country #different #hold #lead

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. ↗