Modak Quotes & Sayings

The biggest cause of failure in software-intensive systems is not technical failure; it's building the wrong thing. — Mary Poppendieck

My fatherhood made me understand my parents and to honor them more for the love they gave. My sonhood was revealed to me in its own perfection and I understood the reason the Chinese so value filiality, the responsibility of the son to honor the parents. — Kent Nerburn

Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle. — Hillary Clinton

It should be no surprise that when rich men take control of the government, they pass laws that are favorable to themselves. The surprise is that those who are not rich vote for such people, even though they should know from bitter experience that the rich will continue to rip off the rest of us. — Andrew Greeley

How is it possible, that I'm this close to you and it's killing me that you're still so far away? — Tahereh Mafi

It was him against the flames and he revelled in it.
Logan was good at his job. Exceptionally good. He had the Knight gift for it.
There was no fear of the fire that would turn most mortals to jelly because flames licked in his blood.
To him it was a battle - good against evil.

And he was the good guy. — Amy Andrews

Real love stories never have endings. — Richard Bach

When I go to a film, you're taking it easy and you let things wash over you. That's what cinema's all about. You get involved in a world that's being created in front of you. — Mary Hansen

Gun registration is no more complex than the Income Tax system. — Joe Jordan

I just sing. I sing whatever I can. — Sarah Vaughan

Even if we cannot be completely non-voilent, by being vegetarian we are going in the direction of non-voilence — Nhat Hanh

Teams that focus on learning from failure outperform those that don't, but not everyone works in an organization that takes the long view. — Sheryl Sandberg

We are all part of the whole, child. Never forget this. Each of us has a part to play in the big scheme of things. Some play very small parts, while others bear heavier burdens. But if one piece is out of sync or missing, the hole it creates is both felt and seen. — Jackie Castle

If it weren't for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart, no Van Gough, no Muppets and no Louis Armstrong. — Jasper Fforde

Sometimes a body isn't built for a spirit that is bigger than the world itself. Sometimes it fails and sometimes that failing destroys the world. It wrecked mine. — Eden Butler