“It has long been my personal view that the separation of practical and theoretical work is artificial and injurious. Much of the practical work done in computing, both in software and in hardware design, is unsound and clumsy because the people who do it have not any clear understanding of the fundamental design principles of their work. Most of the abstract mathematical and theoretical work is sterile because it has no point of contact with real computing.” PeopleLongRealDoneUnderstandingViewsPrinciplesClearDesignFundamentalsSeparationPracticalsContactMathematicalAbstractSoftwareArtificialTheoreticalNo PointClumsyWork DoneComputingHardwarePersonal Views Author:Christopher Strachey
“Every time I caught a fish, I wondered how something so small could have such clear, pure strength. It kept reminding me of another sensation, from another realm. The fish on the line, I eventually realized, felt like the baby, kicking inside you. Or the shocking, life-hungry pull of the baby on the breast. Perhaps fishing is like quickening for men, a long and patient wait for a few electric moments when they feel connected to another life.” MenFeelsLongMomentsFeltWaitingLinesClearBabyPurePatientCaughtFishesConnectedHungryRealmsBreastsFishingSensationsElectricShockingKickingRemindingAnother LifeQuickening Author:Marni Jackson
“I don't know if I was ever called out, but I definitely have been told my chest hair gets super long. I don't like it at all, so I definitely shave my chest a bunch. I have a really nice, huge eagle on my whole chest, with the words "Strength" and "Honor" and "Sanctimony" around it, so I like to keep that clean and clear.” IfsKnowsLongHas BeensWholeClearNiceHugeHairHonorCleanBunchChestsEaglesReally Nice Author:Ryan Sheckler
“You're young forever when you write. Alfred Hitchcock directed until the day he died. As long as you don't have any dementia or Alzheimer's, if you have your All-Bran every day and clear yourself out, I think your brains are gonna be all right.” IfsThinkingWritingLongYoungBrainForeverClearDiedDementiaAlzheimerHitchcockAlzheimer's Author:Mel Brooks
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being. Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart ... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens to that primeval cosmic night that was soul long before there was conscious ego and will be soul far beyond what a conscious ego could ever reach.” HumansLooksHeartLongSoulDreamLightPurposeNightExistenceVisionDarknessClearDoorsEgoConsciousMereIntimateCosmicSoleHuman ExistenceKindlesMemories Dreams ReflectionsPrimeval Author:Carl Jung
“Nowhere does it say that investors should strive to make every last dollar of potential profit; consideration of risk must never take a backseat to return. Conservative positioning entering a crisis is crucial: it enables one to maintain long-term oriented, clear thinking, and to focus on new opportunities while others are distracted or even forced to sell. Portfolio hedges must be in place before a crisis hits. One cannot reliably or affordably increase or replace hedges that are rolling off during a financial crisis.” ThinkingShouldLongDoeLastsOpportunityTermClearFocusRiskReturnIncreaseCrisisSellsDollarsStriveFinancialProfitConservativeLong TermConsiderationCrucialInvestorsRollingEnteringDistractedFinancial CrisisPortfoliosNew OpportunityBackseatClear Thinking Author:Seth Klarman
“Ambitions for self may be quite modest. . . . Ambitions for God, however, if they are to be worthy, can never be modest. There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God. How can we ever be content that he should acquire just a little more honour in the world? No. Once we are clear that God is King, then we long to see him crowned with glory and honour, and accorded his true place, which is the supreme place. We become ambitious for the spread of his kingdom and righteousness everywhere.” IfsWorldShouldMayLittlesLongSelfClearKingsAmbitionGlorySpreadWorthySupremeKingdomsAcquireRighteousnessCherishHonourAmbitiousModestInappropriate Author:John Stott
“How do you remember everything from different books when you are still writing the HP series? As obsessive fans will tell you, I do slip up! Several classrooms move floors mysteriously between books and these are the least serious continuity errors! Most of the fansites will point you in the direction of my mistakes. But the essentials remain consistent from book to book because the story has been plotted for a long time and it is clear in my mind.” WritingMindLongHas BeensStillsBookDifferentStoriesRememberMovingMistakeClearFansSeriousEssentialsLong TimeErrorsSeriesConsistentSlipsClassroomContinuityObsessiveMy MistakesRemembers EverythingDifferent Books Author:J. K. Rowling
“The vital difference between dreamers and achievers boils down to some very basic, simple habits. People with clear, 'written-out' goals who consistently honor their defined priorities tend to get results faster than others, and enjoy a greater level of happiness and long-term success in all areas of life.” PeopleLongEnjoyGoalTermDifferencesSimpleLevelsResultsClearGreaterWrittenHabitHonorAreasPrioritiesDefinedFasterLong TermDreamerConsistentlyAchieverLong Term Success Book:Push (Enhanced Edition): 30 Days to Turbocharged Habits, a Bangin' Body, and the Life You Deserve! Source: Push (Enhanced Edition): 30 Days to Turbocharged Habits, a Bangin' Body, and the Life You Deserve!
“The political structure in different countries has different origins, different developments. Something which suits one country extremely well would perhaps fail completely in another. Germany, through the long centuries of monarchy, has always had a leadership principle. ... The position of the Catholic Church rests now, as before, on the clear leadership principle of its hierarchy. And I think I can also say that of Russia, too.” ThinkingWellsLongI CanDifferentCountryPoliticalChurchPrinciplesClearFailingCenturyPositionDevelopmentCatholicStructureRussiaSuitsGermanyHierarchyMonarchyCatholic ChurchDifferent Countries Author:Hermann Goring
“Some field days can be tough. I've worked inside fuel tanks with 3 foot ceilings, in -42 to +42 Celsius temperatures, in snow and smoke and hail, and I've dug through snow and ice and pavement to find legal evidence. I've worked clear through the night by headlamp, and I've flown in a rickety long-islander with propane tanks strapped into the other seats. I've jury-rigged missing equipment, broken into my own truck, and cut out an emergency helicopter pad with a machete. I've been hungry, cold, tired, lost, injured, and downright hopeless!” LongNightLostMy OwnClearCuttingFeetMissingFieldsBrokenColdEvidenceToughTiredHungrySnowIceSmokeSeatsFuelHopelessEquipmentEmergenciesTruckTemperatureInjuredTanksCeilingsJuryHailPadsPavementHelicoptersRiggedMachetesPropane Author:Mark Mason
“Usually at the end of each story we're thrown clear out of the story's world and then we're given a new world to enter. What's unique about a linked collection is that it can deliver both sets of narrative pleasures - the novel's long immersion into character-world and the story anthology's energetic (and mortal) brevity - the linked collection is unique in its ability to be both abrupt and longitudinal simultaneously.” WorldLongEndsCharacterStoriesGivenAbilityPleasureNovelClearUniqueMortalsNarrativeCollectionsThrownNew WorldLinkedEnergeticBrevityAnthologyImmersion Author:Junot Diaz