Alan Kay Quotes

In the old days, you would chastise people for reinventing the wheel. Now we beg, 'Oh, please, please reinvent the wheel.'

Alan Kay

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PeopleYouNowWheelOldDays

You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a room at all times but no matter how vigilant you are as a parent, at some point, you'll look around a room and can't find them and there's a searing pain that goes through your body.

Jodie Foster

PainEyeParentYouBodyLook

Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that.

Matt Smith

KidEatUsedBehindSignificance

One of the greatest live recordings, I think, in the history of the world is Ray Charles in Atlanta... And they didn't even have a big mobile recording thing set up. The word on the street was they only had like two microphones, one for the band and one for him. Perfect recordings. I think it's mono.

Robbie Robertson

LiveHistoryWorldThinkPerfect

I think declaring a no fly zone over foreign soil is tantamount to an act of war.

Mike Lee

WarFlyThinkSoilOverAct

I think Hillary Clinton is a phenomenal woman, and I've gotten to know her, and I think she's made some pretty major contributions over the course of her life.

Michelle Obama

LifeWomanThinkKnowSheOver

I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set.

Josh Groban

DayKissHairLawyerStonePlay

I love the snow! I actually cannot stand the beach.

Dove Cameron

LoveSnowBeachStandCannotI Love

If you're with a close friend, your anger may raise his blood pressure as well as your own, whereas loving feelings may lower blood pressure in both of you.

Dean Ornish

FriendAngerPressureYouLoving

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

Confucius

SympathyFeelOppressionSorrowSink

It ends all things: birds, trees, flowers, mountain tops, and business; it grinds stones to sand, and as terrible as it is, and it's the most beautiful thing we have in our lives - time.

Brandon Webb

BusinessBeautifulTimeMountain

Moral training in Ireland is severe and lasts until marriage. Even in childhood, we are taught by the pious clergy to battle against bad thoughts so that we may preserve our holy purity.

Austin Clarke

MarriageChildhoodTrainingThoughts

When I was a grad student at MIT, I had a chance to become friends with the Viking Mission's chief scientist, Dr. Gerald Soffen. Viking was the first Mars lander looking for signs of life on Mars.

Peter Diamandis

LifeLookingChanceFriendsMission

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