Brian Kernighan Quotes

No matter how non-technical your life and work, you're going to have to interact with technology and technical people. If you know something about how devices and systems operate, it's a big advantage.

Brian Kernighan

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LifeWorkTechnologyPeopleYouBig

I meet a lot of people when I do stand-up in the Middle East, and I don't know any terrorists, yet on TV and in the movies, 9 out of 10 are depicted as terrorists.

Maz Jobrani

PeopleKnowMoviesMeetOutMiddle

I don't think most people are all heroic or all villainous, so I find ambiguity of motivations to be a natural human condition.

Ann Nocenti

PeopleThinkFindHumanAmbiguity

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

Michael Bergin

FatherMotherPoliceStateSergeant

Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?

Stephen Ambrose

TodayTexasBetterSayCalifornia

The 2008 economic crisis and Great Recession forced widespread restructuring throughout the U.S. economy - not unlike a company gritting its teeth through a lifesaving bankruptcy.

Roger Altman

GreatCrisisTeethCompanyEconomy

My wife and I invest very, very conservatively.

Ron Howard

WifeInvestVery

I think that's the most important thing you can do to be a real person - is to be honest with yourself.

Mike Dirnt

YourselfThinkYouPersonImportant

There was never a golden era of American radio as far as I can tell.

Michael Stipe

AmericanI CanGoldenNeverRadio

I've always been up for a challenge, and you gotta connect with the camera and the audience the same way you gotta connect with the horse.

Brady Jandreau

ChallengeHorseCameraYouWaySame

I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956.

Bruce Dern

TeamMakeTriedI TriedOlympics

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.

Anne Sullivan

ExperienceWrongStudentNeedThings

The decision to incentivise savings for pension funds augurs well for infrastructure financing and retirement planning.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

DecisionPlanningRetirementSavings

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