James Birney Quotes

#1. He considered his disposition as of the sort which must suffer heavily, uniting very strong feelings with quiet,serious, and retiring manners, and a decided taste for reading and sedentary pursuits.

Jane Austen

#2. Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development.

Brian Behlendorf

#3. Kierkegaard was by far the most profound thinker of the last century. Kierkegaard was a saint.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

#4. You look at people like Gena Rowlands, but she had [John] Cassavetes to write these amazing roles for her.

Winona Ryder

#5. The only worthwhile idea is the one on which you take action.

John Jantsch

#6. Sir, I didn't deserve the grade you gave me on this test. Do you know a lower one?

Milton Berle

#7. In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money ... and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams.

Laura Miller

#8. Above all, she was a baby, not a 'big baby' like so many adults, but a small baby perfectly preserved in the pickling jar of money, alcohol and fantasy.

Edward St. Aubyn

#9. That's what I like about you, senator, you're kicking it old-school.

Russ Feingold

#10. Those who understand the true nature of humanity are always loners

Dean Cavanagh