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" Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program. "

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" If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us. "

" We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community. "

" I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world. "

" A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up. "

" The reason we have the stars twinkle at night is because the light is being kind of blurred by the atmosphere around the Earth. That is why the Hubble Space Telescope is so good, because it is above the atmosphere. So it is kind of like looking at the sun from the bottom of a swimming pool, versus looking at the sun above the swimming pool. "

Michael J. Massimino

" Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. It's about being there at big moments, but it's also just the consistency of decision making. And it's routine. "

" I never had anything good, no sweet, no sugar; and that sugar, right by me, did look so nice, and my mistress's back was turned to me while she was fighting with her husband, so I just put my fingers in the sugar bowl to take one lump, and maybe she heard me, for she turned and saw me. The next minute, she had the rawhide down. "

" I'm just thankful I'm surrounded by good people. "

" I spent my childhood clad in 1970s hand-me-downs, primarily from male cousins, which mainly consisted of a selection of beige, brown and orange dungarees. That, combined with a perfectly round pudding-bowl haircut, made me look, on a good day, like a cross between Ann Widdecombe, one of the Flower Pot Men, and a monk. "

" When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.' "

" No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will. "

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

" The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. "

" I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler kernel. I don't find anything technically interesting there. "

" In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved. "

" A good movie makes the audience feel like they've journeyed with the characters. "

" When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish. Whether it's make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who's in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you're investing your time in that. "

" It's important to surround yourself with good people, interesting people, young people, young ideas. Go places, learn new stuff. Look at the world with wonder - don't be tired about it. "

Surround Yourself

" When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better. "

" I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days. "

" Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. "

" Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community. "

" It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. "

Benjamin Franklin

" We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes. "

" I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more. "

" Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. "

" Good seasons start with good beginnings. "

Sparky Anderson

" We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. "

Marcus Aurelius

" There is inestimable blessing in a cheerful spirit. When the soul throws its windows wide open, letting in the sunshine, and presenting to all who see it the evidence of its gladness, it is not only happy, but it has an unspeakable power of doing good. "

Orison Swett Marden

" Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. "

William Shakespeare

" I like to think I'm a pretty good friend. I love having a good time, and I enjoy being able to share those good times with others. "

Having A Good Time