Ousterhout Quotes & Sayings

The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state. — John Ousterhout

Anyone who is more interested in human beings than in the rules is a threat to the system. — John Taylor Gatto

People who live according to the pure code of honor are not governed by the profit motive; they are governed by the thymotic urge, the quest for recognition. They seek the sort of glory that can be won only by showing strength in confrontation with death. — David Brooks

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release. — Jackson Browne

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage. — Lauren Bacall

If Apple has a flaw, it's the inability of the company to crush competition using the kind of aggressive tactics that companies like Microsoft and Intel have always applied. — John C. Dvorak

What such people miscall their religion, is a vent for their bad humours and arrogance. — Charles Dickens

Maybe women should leave time for themselves and their relationships and just have some fun. — Gillian Armstrong

I love doing comedy. I did comedy for seven years on 'The King of Queens.' — Lou Ferrigno

I remember seeing my father only twice as a child for brief visits. As I grew up, I invented a father who was larger than life - stronger, smarter, more handsome, and even holier than other men. — Kathryn Harrison

The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working. — John Ousterhout

It's a good idea not to major in minor things. — Tony Robbins

A program that produces incorrect results twice as fast is infinitely slower. — John Ousterhout