Home / Quotes / Quote by Mark Lawson

Quote by Mark Lawson

“I have a confession to make. Yesterday, I was responsible for the deaths of millions of Britons. What happened is that MI5 asked me to trail Mehan Asnik, a suspected terrorist, through the streets of London. He had escaped from our security services while infected with a plague virus. Tracking him on CCTV, I swear I had him but then, in the rush-hour bustle, lost him. When the secure mobile rang, it was Harry Pearce at Thames House, chewing me out for the slaughter that had been caused by my mistake.”

Quote by Mark Lawson

Author

Mark Lawson is a British journalist born on April 11, 1962. He is known for his extensive work in broadcasting and television, particularly in comedy and commentary. Lawson has held multiple positions at the BBC, including hosting 'The Mark Lawson Interview', and has appeared as a guest and commentator on various television and radio programs. more

You May Also Like

“I've read all the books, I've watched all the films and now, thanks to the glory of home gaming, I've even kind of experienced it: I've landed on the beaches of Normandy, I have successfully held Pegasus Bridge and I've disabled German tanks with stolen Panzerfausts. I have fought in Italy, France and North Africa and if I had a Euro for every virtual life I've lost I'd be able to build a replica of Hitler's bunker in my back garden.”

Ifs Kind Book Home Able Film Lost Computer Glory Garden Thanks France Beach Bridges Stolen Tanks Disabled Euro Gaming Bunkers Normandy Replica North Africa Pegasus

Author:Tom Dunne

“Dr. Leonard Shlain, chairman of laparoscopic surgery at California Pacific Medical Center, said they took some four and five year-olds and gave them video games and asked them to figure out how to play them without instructions. Then they watched their brain activity with real-time monitors. At first, when they were figuring out the games, he said, the whole brain lit up. But by the time they knew how to play the games, the brain went dark, except for one little point.”

Years Firsts Littles Said Real Play Whole Games Dark Brain Five Four Figures Activity Computer Medical Video California Five Years Instruction Drs Surgery Lit Chairman Pacific Five Year Olds

Author:Roger Ebert

“GOTO, n.: A programming tool that exists to allow structured programmers to complain about unstructured programmers.”

Computer Tools Complaining Programming Programmers

Author:Raymond Simard

“Committee, n.: A group of people that, when given the task of deciding whether to start array indices from either 0 or 1, compromises to declare that they are to start from 0.5.”

People Given Groups Computer Tasks Compromise Committees

Author:Stan Kelly-Bootle

“A random sequence is one that cannot be algorithmically compressed : the shortest description of a random sequence is simply the sequence itself.”

Computer Description Sequence

Author:Gregory Chaitin

“Voodoo Programming: Things programmers do that they know shouldn't work but they try anyway, and which sometimes actually work, such as recompiling everything.”

Knows Trying Sometimes Computer Programming Programmers Voodoo

Author:Karl Lehenbauer

“Long term, the PC and workstation will wither because computing access will be everywhere: in the walls, on wrists, and in 'scrap computers' lying about waiting to be grabbed as needed.”

Long Lying Waiting Term Wall Needed Computer Access Long Term Scrap Wrists Computing

Author:Mark Weiser

“The ever-growing size of software applications is what makes Moore's Law possible: 'If we hadn't brought your computer to its knees, why would you go out and buy a new one?'”

Ifs Law Growing Computer Size Knees Application Software Moore's Law

Author:Nathan Myhrvold

“,000 people in Hampden Park. Of course they're all Scottish. Because no one else goes there. The English have an unwritten rule: they only go to places they might get back from.”

People Might Courses Football Soccer Parks Get Back Scottish Unwritten Unwritten Rules

Author:Billy Connolly

“Tony Cottee once played in all four divisions in one season. Cottee started 2000-01 at Leicester City, where he made a couple of Premiership appearances as a sub before being released to Norwich, in what was then Division One. In November the chance to be player-manager of Barnet came up and soon Cottee was playing in Division Three, but alas it did not work out. By March he was again looking for work and found it, with two sub appearances, at Millwall in Division Two.”

Made Two Three Found Chance Cities Four Player Fans Media Football Couple Seasons Work Out Appearance Managers Soccer March Division Alas November Looking For Work Norwich Leicester

Author:Phil Cornwell