Quotes by Differences Perhaps the central problem we face in all of computer science is how we are to get to the situation where we build on top of the work of others rather than redoing so much of it in a trivially different way. Richard Hamming differenceshard-workscience I just kind of dive in if I think I can create something that will make a difference and then try to get the numbers to stack up after the event. So most of the things I've done I would not have done if I'd have asked the accountants to look at them before. Richard Branson differencesnumbersthinking Running a business is making a difference in people's lives Richard Branson differencesrunningpeople Even if it were true that we need God to be moral, it would of course not make God's existence more likely, merely more desirable (many people cannot tell the difference) Richard Dawkins differencespeopleneeds If you have an idea that's going to make a big difference to people's lives, and other people are not doing it, you know, just say "screw it," do it and get on with it, and give it a go. Richard Branson differencespeopleideas It is the other way round: food cannot make you spiritual, but if you are spiritual your food habits will change. Eating anything will not make much difference. You can be a vegetarian and cruel to the extreme, and violent; you can be a non-vegetarian and kind and loving. Food will not make much difference. In India there are communities who have lived totally with vegetarian food; many Brahmins have lived totally with vegetarian food. They are non-violent but they are not spiritual. Rajneesh differencesvegetarianismspiritual I am impressed with just the enthusiasm for life and the fact that some of these people are in their 80's, even 90's, and they're absolutely determined to get out there and make a difference. Richard Branson differenceslifepeople I've had to create companies that I believe in 100%. These are companies I feel will make a genuine difference. Then I have to be willing to find the time myself to talk about them, promote them and market them. I don't want to spend my life doing something that I'm not proud of. Richard Branson differencespurposebelieve Don't think about making money, think about making a difference, spot where others are doing it badly and do it better Richard Branson self-improvementdifferencesthinking The only difference between the women I've dated and Charles Manson is that Manson has the decency to look like a nut case when you first meet him. Richard Jeni differencesnutslooks Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine tolerance means engaging differences within a bond of civility and respect. Richard John Neuhaus tolerancedifferencesmean If we did realize the difference between the vital few and the trivial many in all aspects of our lives, and if we did something about it, we could multiply anything that we valued. Richard Koch aspectrealizingdifferences If I learned anything Downtown, it's this: the only real difference between an enemy and a friend is the day of the week. Richard Kadrey differencesrealenemy The machine code of the genes is uncannily computer-like. Apart from differences in jargon, the pages of a molecular biology journal might be interchanged with those of a computer engineering journal. Richard Dawkins molecular-biologyengineeringdifferences Despite our significant public-policy differences, I commend Jim Wallis for advocating religious belief as an invaluable resource in addressing the urgent moral and social crises of our time. Richard Land differencesbeliefreligious If you get into entrepreneurshi p driven by profit, you are a lot more likely to fail. The entrepreneurs who succeed usually want to make a difference to people’s lives, not just their own bank balances. The desire to change things for the better is the motivation for taking risks and pursuing seemingly impossible business ideas. Richard Branson differencesmotivationideas When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn't set out to build a business empire ... For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that's going to make a real difference to other people's lives. Richard Branson creatingdifferencesreal Perhaps we too seldom reflect how much the life of Nature is one with the life of man, how unimportant or indeed merely seeming, the difference between them. Richard Le Gallienne seemingdifferencesmen I find it a great and fatal difference whether I court the Muse, or the Muse courts me. That is the ugly disparity between age and youth. Ralph Waldo Emerson uglydifferencesage The entrepreneurs who succeed usually want to make a difference to people’s lives, not just their own bank balances. Richard Branson entrepreneurdifferencespeople«223224225226227228229230231232233»
