Alan Quotes

Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.

Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.

An article on playwrights in the Daily Mail , listed according to Hard Left, Soft Left, Hard Right, Soft Right and Centre. I am not listed. I should probably come under Soft Centre.

If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means.

I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.

I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you.

The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.

You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it.

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.

When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.

But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.

But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.

It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol.

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.

Frequently on the lunar surface I said to myself, 'This is the Moon, that is the Earth. I'm really here, I'm really here!'

Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.

Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.

Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?

We're just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we're doing, and the reason why is that we've spent 30 years doing it. There's nothing that can replace that.

We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time

Unless we take that first step into the unknown, we will never know our own potential.

Levante have gone fourth in Serie A. If anyone can tell me what part of Italy Levante is in, please call. I've no idea

The excitement really didn't start to build until the trailer - which was carrying me, with a space suit with ventilation and all that sort of stuff - pulled up to the launch pad.

Experience really does make you better, man.

The Exclusion Principle is laid down purely for the benefit of the electrons themselves, who might be corrupted (and become dragons or demons) if allowed to associate too freely.

When we get to the end of ourselves, we get to the beginning of God.

The essence of sin is arrogance; the essence of salvation is submission.

The condition of an enlightened mind is a surrendered heart.

When one speaks of awakening, it means de-hypnotizatio n; coming to your senses. But of course to do that, you have to go out of your mind.

We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.

It's Satan's delight to tell me that once he's got me, he will keep me. But at that moment I can go back to God. And I know that if I confess my sins, God is faithful and just to forgive me.

He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.

Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know.

I never get bored of my wife. It's lovely.

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.

There has been much talk referencing what I consider conceptual reports like the Landscape of Choice and documents created as a result of the Great Valley Center.

Spending a weekend with Hitler would have been boring in the extreme, although you would have had a greater certainty in coming back alive.

High tech companies that focus on research, development and production will learn that they can be the perfect complement to our world-renowned agriculture heritage.

While it is true that we must seek value added industries like food processing plants and call center operations, we must do what is necessary to expand and develop our economic profile.

Don't overdo the booze especially while flying - just because it's there doesn't mean you need to drink it. Everything in moderation.

That's referee Mike Reed's 50th booking of the season, which works out at an average of six a game.

I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.

Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology.

I've written books on advertising-cheque books.

My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.

So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.

I'm a lot less serious than people think.

Life is a gift from God, an unlimited series of opportunities to find the good in ourselves and others. There is good in everything, if we are willing to see it.

The wake doesn't drive the ship