#vita

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#block #close #cynicism #journalist #necessary

You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on. ↗

— Bill Paxton

#chose #doing #fortunate #get #gravitate

I think when you're a bigger star you get many good scripts sent to you, and you have to choose which one you're going to gravitate toward, but I just try to gravitate toward the best-written one that's been thrown my way after a lot of girls have passed on it. ↗

— Amanda Peet

#been #bigger #choose #get #going

When we had the infamous mealtime scenes, food fights would inevitably develop. ↗

— Charlene Tilton

#fights #food #had #inevitably #infamous

Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#form #improvement #logical #vital

I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#help #i #i think #inevitable #learn

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. ↗