#stems

I learned to work on a computer years before I was placed under house arrest. Fortunately I had two laptops when I was under house arrest - one an Apple and one a different operating system. I was very proud of that because I know how to use both systems. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#arrest #because #before #both #computer

We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers. ↗

— John Stossel

#efficient #government #kinds #lawyers #more

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ↗

— Gary Larson

#changed #comparable #demands #diversity #earth

You know, there was a time, just before I started to study physical science, when astronomers thought that systems such as we have here in the solar system required a rare triple collision of stars. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#before #collision #here #i #just

Limit use of shareware and public domain software to systems without fixed disks. If you do use them on fixed disks, allocate separate subdirectories... Public domain or shareware software should never be placed in the root directory. ↗

— John McAfee

#directory #disks #domain #fixed #limit

Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems. ↗

— Timothy Murphy

#costs #country #criminals #crisis #door

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#democracy #good #i #other #say

The people and the mindset that killed 3,000 of our fellow citizens on September 11 2001, would have killed not 3,000, but 300,000 if they could have or 3 million or 30 million. We need to do everything we can within our value systems and legal structures to make sure that doesn't happen. ↗

— Tim Pawlenty

#could #everything #fellow #fellow citizens #happen

One way to get high speed to the home is over cable systems. ↗

— Jon Postel

#get #high #home #over #speed

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#melancholy #stems