Interesting Quotes - Page 43

Hacking is very interesting. Once they hack, if you don't catch them in the act, you're not going to catch them.

The reality of things going on around me is more interesting than the fantasies of the world I work in.

Bowling would be more interesting if it were slightly uphill.

Even when I was studying mathematics, physics, and computer science, it always seemed that the problem of consciousness was about the most interesting problem out there for science to come to grips with.

More than sixty years ago, mathematical logicians, by defining precisely the concept of an algorithm, gave content to the ancient human idea of an effective calculation. Their definitions led to the creation of the digital computer, an interesting example of thought bending matter to its ends.

In the summer of 1988, I received an interesting call from Bill Gates at Microsoft. He asked whether I'd like to come over and talk about building a new operating system at Microsoft for personal computers. What Bill had to offer was the opportunity to build another operating system, one that was portable.

I'm more a fan of old-school films with really interesting stories and good performances. That's what I'd like to do.

Strip clubs are great places to meet interesting people you only wanna know for about 40 minutes.

We should, to begin with, think that God leads a very interesting life, and that he is full of joy. Undoubtedly he is the most joyous being in the universe. The abundance of his love and generosity is inseparable from his infinite joy. All of the good and beautiful things from which we occasionally drink tiny droplets of soul-exhilarating joy, God continuously experiences in all their breadth and depth and richness.

Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

Tools get socially interesting after they're no longer technologically interesting.

That's exactly what I'm driving at. 'Basterds' was interesting because it was, in a way, unfamiliar. I thought well, OK. Let's leave the comfort zone and just risk it. Why not? Because, exactly as you said, in a way, by taking that risk, I make up a little bit for my ignorance in the subject, or rather, the genre.

As I talk about strengths and weaknesses in academic economics, one interesting fact you are entitled to know is that I never took a course in economics. And with this striking lack of credentials, you may wonder why I have the chutzpah to be up here giving this talk. The answer is I have a black belt in chutzpah. I was born with it.

The programmers have another saying: 'The question of whether a machine can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.'

But all years are stupid. It's only when they're over that they become interesting.

For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.

Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.

What is so interesting about giving is not only that it pays, but that it pays in such unexpected ways. When you live with generosity, blessings come to you from corners and avenues you never would have expected.

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.

The next generation of interesting software will be done on the Macintosh, not the IBM PC.

Patience and boredom are closely related. Boredom, a certain kind of boredom, is really impatience. You don't like the way things are, they aren't interesting enough for you, so you deccide- and boredom is a decision-that you are bored.

I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.

I want to play characters that are interesting to watch.

I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.

The interesting thing about averages is that they hide the truth very effectively.