“Lowering the Lord’s standards to the level of a society’s inappropriate behavior is apostasy.” Quote by Lynn G. Robbins
“Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point.” FormCourageVirtueBraveryHeroicVirtuousTestingBe BraveHave CourageBe CourageousMoral CourageFear And CourageFear CourageBravery And CourageScrewtape LettersInspirational CourageMoral VirtuesVice And VirtueBravery And FearLeadership CourageCourage And LeadershipGrace Under Pressure Author:Lynn G. Robbins
“The only system which is truly secure is one which is switched off and unplugged, locked in a titanium lined safe, buried in a concrete bunker, and is surrounded by nerve gas and very highly paid armed guards. Even then, I wouldn't stake my life on it.” SafePaidSecureGasNervesBuriedStakesConcreteLockedTestingBunkersArmed Guards Author:Gene Spafford
“The Internet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhoea - massive, difficult to re-direct, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.” MindDifficultSourceAmountInternetComputerDirectPerformingAweMassiveEntertainingElephantsHerdsAwe InspiringDiarrheaMind BogglingDiarrhoea Author:Gene Spafford
“Secure web servers are the equivalent of heavy armoured cars. The problem is, they are being used to transfer rolls of coins and cheques written in crayon by people on park benches to merchants doing business in cardboard boxes from beneath highway bridges. Further, the roads are subject to random detours, anyone with a screwdriver can control the traffic lights, and there are no police.” PeopleProblemLightUsedWrittenSubjectsCarPoliceBoxesHeavySecureBridgesParksTrafficCoinsHighwaysTransfersBenchesMerchantsDetoursServerCrayonChequesTraffic LightCardboard BoxesPark BenchesScrewdrivers Book:Web Security & Commerce Source: Web Security & Commerce
“Ability to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense.” AbilityCommonTypeComputerCommon SenseGuaranteesSanityTerminal Author:Gene Spafford
“People say to the mentally ill, ‘You know so many people think the world of you.’ But when they don’t like themselves they don’t notice anything. They don’t care about what people think of them. When you hate yourself, whatever people say it doesn’t make sense. ‘Why do they like me? Why do they care about me?’ Because you don’t care about yourself at all.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldCareHateIllDon't CareLike MeMake SenseAbout YourselfHate YouMentally Ill Author:Richey Edwards
“It’s important not to be embarrassed by your past. The contradictions are part of what we are.” ImportantPastContradictionEmbarrassedOur PastYour Past Author:Richey Edwards
“On things like censorship, I think everything should be allowed on television. You know, I mean anything. I don’t know who believes that anymore. Every left wing party says there should be some degree of censorship, that some things are bad taste. But it’s unjustifiable for anyone to decide what is bad taste.” ThinkingKnowsShouldBelieveMeanLeftPartyTelevisionTasteDegreesWingsCensorshipLeft WingBad Taste Author:Richey Edwards
“I’m not really worried what people think about me. Because I judge myself harsher, and on more strict terms, than they ever could probably.” PeopleThinkingTermJudgingWorriedStrict Author:Richey Edwards