#sf

The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become ridiculed. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#because #become #derive #her #his

My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have loved to have been a poet or a writer or something, and he was very creative. ↗

— Bob Balaban

#baby #been #born #business #business school

I was now successful in proving that a direction of movement is localized in the cerebellum. ↗

— Robert Barany

#i #movement #now #proving #successful

Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all. ↗

— Joseph Barbera

#cartoon character #cartoons #character #creating #every

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections. ↗

— Djuna Barnes

#best #heart #imperfections #jealous #knows

There should be a background check every time a firearm is transferred. You shouldn't be able to go to a gun show and buy guns without a background check. There are Internet gun sales, classified ads in the newspapers - and you can buy guns without background checks. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#ads #background #buy #check #checks

The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat. ↗

— Dave Barry

#chat #future #internet #shaping #society

I've always just worked and tried to do as good a job as possible so that the people who are watching me took notice. That's what's helped me be successful today. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#good #helped #i #job #just

There is something very satisfactory about being in the middle of something. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#being #middle #satisfactory #something #very

Nimbus is doing a great service with these excellently produced transformations of piano roll recordings. ↗

— Harold Bauer

#great #great service #piano #produced #recordings