“Celibacy bestows on a man the qualified freedom of a besieged city where one sometimes has to eat rats.” MenSometimesCitiesRatsQualifiedCelibacy Author:Sean O Faolain
“Don't eat anything you aren't prepared to kill. Don't kill anything you aren't prepared to eat.” Prepared Book:The Blind Assassin Source: The Blind Assassin
“Discriminate, discriminate, and again discriminate! Be fastidious. Choose. Select.” SelectFastidious Author:E. Merrill Root
“We're just getting started. We're just beginning to meet what will be the future-we've got the Model T.” ChangeModelsGetting StartedModel T Author:Grace Hopper
“Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic - you run against people who can't change their minds.” PeopleMindMatterRunningMovingLogicInnovationDevelopingLogicalCan't Change Author:Grace Hopper
“If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but . . .to build systems of computers and operate them in parallel.” IfsNeedsTryingTwoJobsUsedGrowsAnswersGreaterComputerBiggerParallelsOxen Author:Grace Hopper
“At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.” IfsBelieveMomentsGivenLinesStepsBudgetsOver ItBossRepresenting Author:Grace Hopper
“If lucky be not proud; if unlucky, do not despond.” IfsProudLuckyLuckUnlucky Author:Decimius Magnus Ausonius