Bob Barton quotes

“Systems programmers are the high priests of a low cult.”
-- Bob Barton

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“The basic principal of recursive design is to make the parts have the same power as the whole.”
-- Bob Barton

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“In the beginning was the word, but it wasn't a fixed number of bits.”
-- Bob Barton

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“Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”

“Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.”

“Delete, delete, delete and at the end find the ‘core aspect of the design’”

“Flow systems have two basic features (properties). There is the current that is flowing (for example, fluid, heat, mass, or information) and the design through which it flows.”

Source : Adrian Bejan, J. Peder Zane (2012). “Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization”, p.9, Anchor

“Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes, let's do it.'”

“It's obvious we can't all be a Gully Foyle, but most of us energize at such a low level, so far short of our real capabilities, we could all be more, do more.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.”

“Nothing is a sin when you obey the orders of a priest”

“Women priests. Great, great. Now there's priests of both sexes I don't listen to.”

“Systems programmers are the high priests of a low cult.”