Modifiability Quotes & Sayings

It seems certain that much of the success of Unix follows from the readability, modifiability, and portability of its software. — Dennis Ritchie

Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
(Mountains are in labour, a ridiculous mouse will be born) — Horace

It all comes down to this: if your subconscious "financial blueprint" is not "set" for success, nothing you learn, nothing you know, and nothing you do will make much of a difference. — T. Harv Eker

I believe that good things come to those who work. — Wilt Chamberlain

Sometimes, it is easier to leave things as they are, rather than to fight, go against the flow. — Renita D'Silva

It's my letter," she began. "I cannot make it right."
"Come in, come in," the Prince said gently. "Maybe we can help you." She sat down in the same chair as before. "All right, I'll close my eyes and listen; read to me."
" 'Westley, my passion, my sweet, my only, my own. Come back, come back. I shall kill myself otherwise. Yours in torment, Buttercup.' " She looked at Humperdinck. "Well? Do you think I'm throwing myself at him?"
"It does seem a bit forward," the Prince admitted. "It doesn't leave him a great deal of room to maneuver. — William Goldman

All my life, I've been frightened at the moment I sit down to write. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

And I guess the thing that I really sort of rely on in me is that I love racing and I love competing and so I know that you know when the time comes and the pressure's on and I have to swim well, I'm sort of able to pull it out and sort of get the best out of myself. — Stephanie Rice

Baseball grew rapidly in favor; the field was ripe. America needed a live outdoor sport, and this game exactly suited the national temperament. It required all the manly qualities of activity, endurance, pluck, and skill peculiar to cricket, and was immeasurably superior to that game in exciting features. — John Montgomery Ward

If God were not only to hear our prayers, as he does ever and always, but to answer them as we want them answered, he would not be God our Saviour but the ministering genius of our destruction. — George MacDonald

The true test of a soldier's mettle is to see whether or not they will cling to what they believe in, even in the face of impending death. — Matthew S. Williams

The future belongs to those who understand that doing more with less is compassionate, prosperous, and enduring, and thus more intelligent, even competitive. — Paul Hawken

her bedside. She shut her eyes tightly against the sight — Glynnis Campbell

Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration. — Jack Kornfield