All Quotes

"“My butt is a work of art. I haven’t yet seen someone with such a beautiful butt.”"

"myself. I had a hard period in my life, but on the other side it was beautiful.”"

"“I want my works to speak instead of me. My son is the light of my life.”"

"“The past does not haunt us. It wouldn’t even know us anymore. We are the ones who obsess over the past…”"

"Intelligence is ten million rules. This refers to the prior and tacit knowledge that authors presume their readers all possess (such as "if person x knows person y, then x's date of death can't be earlier than y's date of birth") not counting the vastly larger number of "facts" such as one might find in Wikipedia or by Googling."

"The time may come when a greatly expanded Cyc will underlie countless software applications. But reaching that goal could easily take another two decades."

"Once you have a truly massive amount of information integrated as knowledge, then the human-software system will be superhuman, in the same sense that mankind with writing is superhuman compared to mankind before writing."

"Sometimes the veneer of intelligence is not enough."

"If computers were human, they’d present themselves as autistic, schizophrenic, or otherwise brittle. It would be unwise or dangerous for that person to take care of children and cook meals, but it’s on the horizon for home robots. That’s like saying, ‘We have an important job to do, but we’re going to hire dogs and cats to do it.'"

""What we needed, is nothing less than an “AI Manhattan Project”, a full frontal assault on common sense: the challenge is to create an Encyclopédia of Common sense", Michio Kaku citing Lenat."

"Digital inclusion isn't a luxury , Its a right"

"I am looking for excellent full-time or part-time graduate students to research cutting edge topics in networking and cyber security."

"“To perform a piece of music means to awaken the written notes, giving each its particular life; to reconstruct, in a way perceptible to all, the dream of harmony that the composer fixed with a series of conventional signs—signs which are mute to the eyes of the untrained."

"My research interests span from distributed systems to tightly coupled multiprocessors. In particular, I am interested in the theoretical study of asynchrony and its effects in systems (both shared memory and message passing based), in concurrent programming (concurrent data structures and transactional memory), and in networking (network security, protecting against denial of service attacks and routing). I often examine synchronization and coordination problems in these areas using tools and models from theoretical computer science and related disciplines."

"The Riverhead Guard, our flag product, protects thousands of sites (including some from fortune-5, and many from fortune-500), keeping them up and running despite massive multi Gbps attacks over long periods of time. Riverhead was acquired by Cisco in 2004, after which I remained a director in Cisco until May of 2009. I have since then returned to a full time professorship position at Tel-Aviv University. 2014 -- 2016 Head of the Blavatnik School of Computer Science Tel-Aviv University."

"My research interests span the range from distributed systems to tightly coupled multiprocessors. In particular, I am interested in the theoretical study of asynchrony and its effects in systems (both shared memory and message passing based)"

"I see CIFOR-ICRAF as a critical institution, poised to accelerate its research and impact, leading the way to achieving the 2030 goals by harnessing the potential of forestry and agroforestry to create ecosystems that generate prosperity, sustainably ."

"My role is to ensure that the government gets value for money and that investments are made in projects that have a high developmental impact for the people of Kenya."

"I have built my career on a foundation of integrity and professionalism. I will not compromise on that, regardless of the pressure."

"We are not just fixing an airline; we are preserving a strategic national asset. The restructuring of Kenya Airways is a complex puzzle that requires balancing commercial viability with national interest."

"Esther Koimett is known for her sharp analytical mind and a no-nonsense approach to finance. She is one of the most respected, if formidable, figures in Kenya's investment landscape."

"In the often murky waters of public finance, Esther Koimett is a rare beacon of incorruptibility. She is trusted by both the private sector and international lenders because her word is her bond."

"She leads from the front, with a deep understanding of the brief and an unwavering commitment to the facts. She does not suffer fools gladly, but she is fiercely loyal to her team and her mission."

"We were the only Tutsi family on the street. No one came to see what happened or to help, except her."

"She saved our lives."

"I say it for the first time today … I lost a baby spontaneously and then I never got pregnant again. It was a great pain in my life, which I never spoke about …"

"We had the chance to meet these incredible human beings who really, truly embody resilience and strength."

"The women have been ostracized, dehumanized, stripped of their dignity, stripped of their land, and now, through music, they were able to convey all of those experiences."

"“Today is a day for Italy, not a pat on the back for Jews. Antisemitism is not a problem for Jews — it's a problem for society.”"

"“I live with very deep concern during this Holocaust Remembrance Day after October 7. It’s not like in previous years … Antisemitic hatred has re-emerged, sharp and widespread. That means maybe 20 years of working on memory hasn’t been enough.”"

"“It’s a day to make an assessment, at least a moral one, of the choices we’ve made and the ones we must make today. It’s a day of ‘civilization assessment.’ … We don’t want it to be just a day to listen to survivors and cry with them. … Making ‘Memory’ means working with coherence and responsibility.”"

"“You never really leave Auschwitz – it stays within us, and we’re still living it today. Antisemitism still exists … and there’s still an amnesia that must be removed.”"

"“We must not take for granted the freedoms we enjoy today. We need to stay vigilant.”"

"“From my world, I don’t like gurus. People who are too sure of themselves scare me, those who think they hold the truth in their hands. I can’t stand those who don’t recognize talent in others.”"

"“My dream is to always be able to dream. Having a dream, a project, keeps me alive. It doesn’t matter if the dream comes true or not—what matters is to dream. In our line of work, woe to those who stop dreaming. We’re like those who build sandcastles: they know perfectly well that the castle won’t withstand the elements, yet they build it anyway—and they do it the best way they can. And when the castle falls, they’re already thinking of building an even more beautiful one.”"

"“Today, many talented theater companies are struggling. Young people need to learn not to shout, as some TV models suggest. Maybe it’s time to reclaim the expressive richness of the Italian language and use poetry as a weapon against vulgarity.”"

"Autumn, crackling death of leaves… | hope dressed in melancholy, | your sister Poetry gazes upon you | and dissolves her burden in your tears.”"

"“Writing tries to represent—with conventional signs—the spoken word, which, as we know, exists before it is written."

"“The comic mask suited her face just as much as the tragic one: a face well sculpted, with muscles made elastic and firm by artistic discipline, a strong brow, vast and flashing eyes, strong and well-set teeth—bright and intact, as rarely seen in one of mature age.”"

"“I never heard her speak of triumphs or fame—only of the battles she had fought, and even during her peak years, of the disappointments and the boos she accepted with humble endurance from the audience—acknowledged as sovereign—even when they failed to appreciate the innovations in her repertoire.”"

"“Olga Vittoria Gentilli never fell short of her reputation for refined elegance; this judgment, by which her admirers believe they praise her, is actually her most decisive condemnation. Content to offer a compliant audience her physical qualities (she is beautiful—they say, a beauty, we add, cold and banal, stereotyped, coarse: dear to the fat novelists of sensuality of our Renaissance—far from the beauty that is harmony of spirit and body, concrete life, the individual’s conquest, not dead matter), Gentilli does not put any effort into interpretation: she changes clothes but does not renew herself spiritually.”"

"“Olga Vittoria Gentilli’s personality is limited and frail: her originality reduces to very few gestures, almost always insufficient to enliven an entire drama. And when she wanted or had to study, instead of delving into herself, instead of seeking within herself the source of true artistic life, she resorted to an external imitation, achieving mediocre success with a skill not supported by inner emotion.”"

"“I know Olga Vittoria Gentilli is a polite actress who dresses, or undresses, on stage with exquisite good taste; but I believe she is more suited to very strong roles, or to very naive ones; I do not see her as the Duchess of Danzica, she who is distinction personified. I could be wrong; but it’s better to avoid a disappointment…”"

"My hero was my mother, Ethel Taylor, who had unwavering faith in me and taught me that I could achieve my professional goals despite obstacles and inequities."

"An understanding and appreciation of the humanities is critically important in dermatology and in medicine in general. The humanities provide a framework for understanding mankind through disciplines including literature, religion, art, and music and helps us understand the innate characteristics of mankind including sympathy, kindness, good, and evil."

"The greatest political danger for the board-certified dermatologist is related to scope of practice. In multiple states, legislation has been introduced to expand the scope of practice of mid level physician assistant providers that would eliminate the formal supervisory relationship between dermatologists and physician assistants."

"We, at the very least, need to understand how it’s affecting Blacks,"

"There are no drugs involved, but we are going to get information and connect it to everything else."

"In my practice at Morehouse School of Medicine, I see minority and predominantly African American patients with considerable risk factors for heart disease. My practice, research, and teaching are an opportunity to make a difference in the burden of heart disease among African Americans"

"We do know that Black people in general have higher rates of heart disease even for the same levels of cholesterol. And the same is true combinations of blood pressure and diabetes."