Turetskiy Gambit Quotes & Sayings

The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a display screen comes to life, showing things that never were nor could be ... The computer resembles the magic of legend in this respect, too. If one character, one pause, of the incantation is not strictly in proper form, the magic doesn't work. Human beings are not accustomed to being perfect, and few areas of human activity demand it. Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program. — Fred Brooks

You have never seen such animals as these who without a sound or a sign carry you off. You race with them across the long familiar ground that in that moment seems so glorious, so charged with beauty, strange. In their jaws you are carried so effortlessly, with such great care that you think it will never end, you long for it not to end, and then you wake and know that, indeed, they have not brought you back. — Joy Williams

I will venture to go ... but remember that you must hold the ropes. — William Carey

He'd know about the role of mirror neurons in the brain, special cells in the premotor cortex that fire right before a person reaches for a rock, steps forward, turns away, begins to smile.Amazingly, the same neurons fire whether we do something or watch someone else do the same thing, and both summon similar feelings. Learning form our own mishaps isn't as safe as learning from someone else's, which helps us decipher the world of intentions, making our social whirl possible. The brain evolved clever ways to spy or eavesdrop on risk, to fathom another's joy or pain quickly, as detailed sensations, without resorting to words. We feel what we see, we experience others as self. — Diane Ackerman

I don't want to be ignorant in my daughter's eyes. — Gretchen Wilson

The people who influence us most are not those who buttonhole us and talk to us, but those who live their lives like the stars in heaven and the lilies in the field, perfectly simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mould — Oswald Chambers

True success is a silence inner process that can empower the mind, heart and soul through strong aspiration for great achievement. — Nur Sakinah Thomas

I was prosecutor for 18 years. I was threatened by drug dealers, murders, and organized crime. This was a walk in the park. — Tom Marino

Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut. — Tom Barbash

I have no idea how I'm going to fix all of that, but I will. I will keep you safe. I will make sure that we have a future to hold on to and look forward to ... I promise you. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared. — Michael Korda

The big truth for men is that often we have to leave home in the first half of life before we can return home at a later stage and find our soul there. — Richard Rohr