I. D. Douglas Quotes

Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures.

Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

An objective without a plan is a dream.

We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give.

If you love something let it go free. If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever.

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do.

Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a performer.

Art starts alone - and convinces society later.

Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.

To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.

Sacrifices are not in vain. At the end, everything will pay off.

Acting like you don't care is not letting it go.

A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see.

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat.

Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.

There is a tremendous power in positive thinking. When you expect the best, you literally create a thought field that magnetizes that which you desire. Like attracts like.

To win Olympic gold it takes a lot of HARDWORK, a lot of PASSION, a lot of SACRIFICES.

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.

PR is performance recognition

As night-fall does not come at once, neither does oppression...It is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become victims of the darkness.

Books, the books that I loved above all else to spend my time with, were the great tools for understanding one's life and the lives of other people.

Always be courageous and strong, & don't fear. You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.

Slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations.

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

I am aware that I am less than some people prefer me to be, but most people are unaware that I am so much more than what they see.

I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.

Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.

Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors.

If we set our minds, we can achieve anything.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.

Life is like a B-picture script! It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I'd turn it down.

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.

Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive

The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.

Your life can be what you want it to be... You'll make it through whatever comes along. Within you are so many answers. Understand, have courage, be strong.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world.

I like squirrels. Theyre so adventurous.

Being single is pretty good. It's a nice sense of irresponsibility.

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.

My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor.

War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.

I had to face a lot coming through this journey, a lot of sacrifices, difficulties, challenges, and injuries.