#vices

You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#get #heart #intelligence #national #national security

There's an issue with the Medicare doctor reimbursement rates where at the end of the year every doctor that folks in this country use that provide Medicare services is going to get a 30 percent salary cut. ↗

— Kevin Yoder

#cut #doctor #end #every #folks

In 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services. ↗

— Kenneth G. Wilson

#brown #computer #cornell #i #married

Will looked at him curiously. “Do you think you will see me again?” At the change in Jem’s expression, he added, “I mean, is there a chance for me? To have another life after this, a better one?” As Jem opened his mouth to answer, a rustling came from beneath their feet. Just as they both looked down, a tentacle shot from the surface of the river, wrapped itself around Jem’s ankle, and yanked him beneath the surface of the water. Will bolted to his feet with his blade in hand; the water was still boiling where the creature’s tentacles were thrashing wildly, indicating that Jem was getting some good blows in. Will’s heart pounded, firing blood and the call of battle through his veins. “Hell,” he said. “Just when it was getting interesting, too,” and he leaped into the water after his friend. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#the-infernal-devices #will-herondale #change

The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power. ↗

— James Bovard

#agents #child #child support #daily #daily lives

In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We have all these devices that keep us connected, and yet we're more disconnected than ever before. Why is that? ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#before #brains #certain #certain things #connected

Cyber terrorism could also become more attractive as the real and virtual worlds become more closely coupled, with automobiles, appliances, and other devices attached to the Internet. ↗

— Dorothy Denning

#appliances #attached #attractive #automobiles #become

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#condemns #good #half #loudly #moderate

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#been #few #folks #very #vices

The secret of the Internet's success has been its openness to new services. ↗

— Edward Felten

#internet #new #openness #secret #services