#vice

The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#bargaining #chance #chances #conviction #first

Doubt gets a bad rap. Doubting doesn't mean you've stopped believing, but that you've started thinking. Sheep doubt nothing. Chances are you'll get further in life by questioning things than by living like something that ends up as dinner and a sweater. ↗

— Amy Alkon

#amy-alkon #rude-people #life

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#live-in-the-moment #past

The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her work. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#art #inspiration #writing #art

At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler. ↗

— Dennis Ritchie

#advice #compiler #designing #for the people #general

Follow your heart, Ithilnin," Albirich repeated. "Time is precious. Don't waste it living someone else's life. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#dark #elves #fantasy #heart #life

Ambient Devices is what I call part of the Third Wave of Internet devices. ↗

— David Rose

#call #devices #i #internet #part

There will be hundreds of new companies that will be created to develop these very simple data devices. ↗

— David Rose

#created #data #develop #devices #hundreds

The more you become aware of and respond to the needs of others, the richer your own life becomes. ↗

— Mollie Marti

#leadership #mentorship #service #inspirational

My own perception of that is somewhat colored by where people ask my advice, which is still, of course, about changes to Python internals or at least standard libraries. ↗

— Guido van Rossum

#advice #ask #changes #colored #course