F. F. Bruce Quotes

No one cares what operating system you run as long as it stays up.

The strategic marketing paradigm of Open Source is a massively-parallel drunkard's walk filtered by a Darwinistic process.

I do not know all of the providences of the Lord, but I do know that he permits false doctrine to be taught in and out of the Church and that such teaching is part of the sifting process of mortality

Capitalism is the greatest poverty-fighting machine in the history of mankind, and I'm proud of the role I've played in it.

Only amateurs attack machines; professionals target people.

Terrorists can only take my life. Only my government can take my freedom.

Privacy is a fundamental human need.

And honestly, if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.

Corporate and government surveillance aren't separate; they're an alliance of interests.

It doesn't matter how good the card is if the issuance process is flawed.

No one can duplicate the confidence that RSA offers after 20 years of cryptanalytic review.

I tell people: if it's in the news, don't worry about it, because by definition, news is something that almost never happens.

Every fool has a reason for feeling sorry for himself.

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true? Or is it something worse?

Mental illness and creativity are - it's a thin line in between the two. I tend to believe that.

Most of the artists I know are crazy in one way or another. I think that's why you get into it. You're in pursuit of a certain sort of peace that's very, very, very difficult to come by.

I tend to be a subscriber to the idea that you have everything you need by the time you're 12 years old to do interesting writing for most of the rest of your life - certainly by the time you're 18.

Every rock song is some variation of 'Pull down your pants'

If you're an artist, you try to keep an ear to the ground and an ear to your heart.

Well now everything dies baby that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back.

'Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs.

Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground, You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just covering up...

So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes, is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise?

They wanted to know why I did what I did. Well, sir I guess there's just meanness in the world.

I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex.

If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are quite commonly met by the military.

I haven't had that good a time in ages. Since September 11, really. I just felt so happy, it was like the sun came out of the clouds for me. I love Italy.

Every console, I don't give a damn if it's analog or digital-hell, every mixing situation today-is the brainchild of Bill Putnam.

It's the biggest party in the world, and you have to keep the whole thing percolating, which is difficult because a lot of awards most people don't care about.

As God’s chosen, blessed sons and daughters, we are expected to attempt something large enough that failure is guaranteed…unless God steps in.

The most fruitful and the most joy-filled Christians are the most pruned Christians.

Everybody, no matter how old you are, is around 24, 25 in their heart.

I always question whether it's the right time for anything I do.

It's great to be named the best at something . . . even if it's sucking.

I've talked to biblical cats, and Neanderthals who been here since day one. No one here has even seen the Big Boss. Ever.

You got to pay your dues to get the joke. Besides, laughter is cheap and very portable. If there's a pogrom, or they're blaming you for the plague, nothing is easier to pack than a sense of humor.

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.

There's always a down side with any freedom. It's not just homosexual freedom, but any sexual freedom comes at a price, and that is usually art.

I know what "custody" [of the children] means. "Get even." That's all custody means. Get even with your old lady.

Towards the end it got really rough. I take my hat of to Alice, he's still doing it. This is probably more work than going on the road for 2-3 months. I wish I was 25 again!

When your victimhood is your empowerment, recovery is the enemy, and working on 'individual change' becomes counterproductive, even dangerous to your identity.

One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.

Some people just don’t appreciate having a dog around. It’s sad to think there are people like that. I knew Gloria was that way—maybe that’s why she could never be truly happy.

Kansas is a piece of real estate that completely disproves the theory of roundness as a quality of the planet earth.

We are indeed drifting into the arena of the unwell.

Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting.

You kind of invite a little spooky, creepy vibe into your whole experience of making a movie.

For the son of man shall come in the glory of His Father, with His angels; and then shall He reward every man according to his works.

Though the Holy Spirit is God, equal in essence to the Father and the Son, yet his role is consistently to defer honor, to seek to bring about the glory of another.

Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress.