“I've been reading this little book. It's called the Russian constitution. And it says that the only source of power in Russia is the people. So I don't want to hear those who say we're appealing to the authorities. Who's the power here?” PeopleWantLittlesBookReadingSourceAuthorityConstitutionRussia Author:Alexei Navalny
“The sources of our knowledge of the kabalistic doctrines are the books of Yetzirah and Zohar, the former drawn up in the second century, and the latter a little later; but they contain materials much older than themselves...In them, as in the teachings of Zoroaster, everything that exists emanates from a source of infinite Light.” LittlesBookLightTeachingCenturyMaterialsSourceInfiniteJewDoctrineFormerLatterEmanate Author:Albert Pike
“I am the owner of my choices. I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold regardless of how aware I am of why or how I come to possess that particular perspective. It takes courage to look into the mirror of our souls, absent excuses. I will look into that mirror little bits at a time. SEE and ACT. SEE what I can bear to see and ACT upon what I am able. This is the heart of a gentle invitation to personal responsibility.” LooksHeartLittlesI CanSoulAbleChoicesBitsResponsibilityParticularSourcePerspectiveBearsLittle BitMirrorsExcuseCompromiseGentleOwnersInvitationsAbsentPersonal Responsibility Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“In terms of a narrative nonfiction book, when you're describing scenes that you have multiple sources for, and that you have differing sources for, and you decide to choose a path that puts all that information together, well yeah, there's definitely going to be a little bit of the author in that. But there's nothing wrong with that.” WellsLittlesBookTogetherBitsTermPathInformationSourceSceneLittle BitYeahNarrativeNonfictionMultipleDescribing Author:Ben Mezrich
“Nobody really knows what the Bourne shell's grammar is. Even examination of the source code is little help.” KnowsLittlesHelpingSourceCodeShellsGrammarExaminationBourneLittle Help Author:Tom Duff
“Shakespeare cared little for the State, the source of all our judgments, apart from its shows and splendours, its turmoils and battles, its flamings out of the uncivilized heart.” HeartLittlesStatesShowsSourceBattleJudgmentTurmoilSplendourUncivilized Book:Ideas of Good and Evil Source: Ideas of Good and Evil
“The purest case of an intelligence explosion would be an Artificial Intelligence rewriting its own source code. The key idea is that if you can improve intelligence even a little, the process accelerates. It's a tipping point. Like trying to balance a pen on one end - as soon as it tilts even a little, it quickly falls the rest of the way.” IfsWayTryingLittlesIdeasEndsWould BeFallProcessCasesSourceKeysBalanceCodePensArtificial IntelligenceArtificialExplosionsAccelerateRewritingTippingTiltTipping Point Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky