#take

It takes these very simple-minded instructions - 'Go fetch a number, add it to this number, put the result there, perceive if it's greater than this other number' - but executes them at a rate of, let's say, 1,000,000 per second. At 1,000,000 per second, the results appear to be magic. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#appear #fetch #go #greater #instructions

We're going to be able to ask our computers to monitor things for us, and when certain conditions happen, are triggered, the computers will take certain actions and inform us after the fact. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#actions #after #ask #certain #computers

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes. ↗

— Billy Joel

#i #mistakes #only #original #theory

I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing, with no vote, yes or no. There are billions and billions of dollars at stake here. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#billions #buy #candidate #could #dollars

Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in such a hurry to grow your brand. Make sure that you and the market can sustain any bumps that may occur down the road. ↗

— Daymond John

#brand #bumps #business #down #down the road

The only thing that scares me in the tech area is that it moves so fast that you have to be ready to invest in 20 things. Because if you just invest in one, next week, somebody has a better mousetrap, and you get taken to the cleaners. ↗

— Daymond John

#because #better #better mousetrap #fast #get

I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them. ↗

— Elton John

#action #afford #against #because #cases

And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you. ↗

— Elton John

#comes #get #going #guarantee #hiv

If I had been trying to take the job away from him in a sneaky, underhand manner, then I deserved all I got. But it was the other way around. I was trying to get him the job. ↗

— Ian St. John

#away #been #deserved #get #got

Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time. ↗

— Lara St. John

#any #board #fly #honest #i