Minix Quotes & Sayings

I have a mouse, but don't have a mouse driver for MINIX and have never felt the need to write one. Typing "rm x y z" is a lot faster than clicking five times and then having to convince the system that you really, truly, mean it and this is not a mistake and that you are consenting adult over 18 and that you completely understand the consequences and you still want to do it. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum

True moral elegance consists in the art of disguising one's victories as defeats. — Emile M. Cioran

Our identity should be about what sphere of life we ought to bring to light as Christians — Sunday Adelaja

Giorgio Morandi's paintings make me think that artists may not totally choose, or even control, their subjects or style. — Jerry Saltz

I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names. — Zsa Zsa Gabor

I love this word 'Sorry'. It has the greatest affection that can outrule the world concurring pleasures and people — D.N. Joshi

Many politicians used their positions for the benefit of themselves and their friends rather than the patriotic — Barry Linton

A lot of other people wanted a free production UNIX with lots of bells and whistles and wanted to convert MINIX into that. I was dragged along in the maelstrom for a while, but when Linux came along, I was actually relieved that I could go back to professoring. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum

There was no lifeboat here in these
deep, killing waters, not even a lighthouse, marking the way back to shore with its soft amber promise.
There was only the storm of Barrons and the one I seemed to be, and if there were dark shapes moving in the waters beneath my feet that I should probably take a good hard look at and possibly reconsider trying to swim here, I didn't care. — Karen Marie Moning