Simonyi Charles Quotes & Sayings

It turns out in some cases, if you do things backwards, problems that previously appeared complex suddenly become very simple. — Susan Lammers

Most people privilege the technology, almost as if actors are in service to the machine. — Jill Soloway

HAM radio is very inexpensive, it is nearly unlimited and free to use. The only limitation is that you can only talk for five minutes to any given person because the station gets out of range within that time. — Charles Simonyi

To Aaron, it didn't seem logical to hope anyone would do anything - did it? Either Aaron would come back or he wouldn't and the rock would have to be fine either way. Hope was a waste of time. — Lisa McMann

What he really wanted was to have her lying beside him naked while he fed it all to her with his fingers. A man could use his imagination. — Nancy Herkness

When it comes to depravity, if you want to know, theirs and ours are no different. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Basically, most good science in space flight has to do with the behavior of the human body in space. That is where we are lacking info, and where info can only be obtained by flying in space. — Charles Simonyi

I believe in rituals. — Charles Simonyi

How can you introduce error into the Bible? Have a human open it. The moment he reads it, the Bible because weighted down with his biases and expectations. — Dennis Garvin

XML is not a language in the sense of a programming language any more than sketches on a napkin are a language. — Charles Simonyi

The Bible reminds us that we shouldn't "let any unwholesome talk come out of [our] mouths (or fly from our typing fingertips), but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." That's from Ephesians 4:29, — Lysa TerKeurst

Closing the deal is not just selling, it is MOVING people from where they are to where they should be; helping them make the right choices and take action toward their financial freedom, peace of mind, and legacy. — Farshad Asl

Yachts are the closest a commoner can get to sovereignty. — Charles Simonyi

A Schubert song, the A-major chord at the opening of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' - such incredible beauty is a mystery, the divinity of music. — Gian Carlo Menotti

Programming today is the opposite of diamond mining. In diamond mining you dig up a lot of dirt to find a small bit of value. With programming you start with the value, the real intention, and bury it in a bunch of dirt. — Charles Simonyi