#vent

The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel. ↗

— Bjarne Stroustrup

#library #programmers #reinvent #reinvent the wheel #saves

Nothing in the reporting of a nation's history could so mislead the younger generation as to represent great events in such a way that they appear to have happened as a matter of course. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#could #course #events #generation #great

Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view. ↗

— August Strindberg

#born #conventions #different #different points #exist

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#glory #great #great souls #interest #invention

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#invention #judgment #talent #youth

I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#anything #been #careful #careless #had

The event of the landing of these brethren upon our shores is to be, not without its beneficial effect, as well to the colored population of this country, as it promises to be to ill-fated Africa. ↗

— Lewis Tappan

#beneficial #brethren #colored #country #effect

I cannot get myself interested in video games. I've been given video game players and they just sit there connected to my TVs gathering dust until eventually I unplug them so I can put in another special-region DVD player. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#been #cannot #connected #dust #dvd

The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#embellish #invent #job #make #novelist

To be honest, I wasn't a sci-fi geek at all. But I do love a good sci-fi film, especially one that can really take you away. And I read some reality-bending novels growing up, like stuff by Vonngeut, so I already had one part my brain open to the unnatural and unusual, and it's generally fun to venture into that world and film in it. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#away #brain #especially #film #fun