#ux

Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have. ↗

— Kirk Gibson

#luxuries #now #schools #slides #things

Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition. ↗

— Learned Hand

#juxtaposition #pebbles #words

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#doing #doing good #exert #giving #good

The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects. ↗

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

#aspirations #divorce #equal #expects #her

Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor. ↗

— Henry Home

#contribute #give #luxury #may #poor

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#giving #influence #life #luxury #made

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#does #ever #i #linux #means

I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#best #concentrate #fully #i #i can

We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

#considering #customers #desktop #existing #learning

I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#doing #employed #happy #i #keep