Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199806201726.KAA26569@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
A phrase he has famously used in making announcements of products towards the end of many of his presentations, as quoted in "How to Wow 'Em Like Steve Jobs" in BusinessWeek magazine (6 April 2006) http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/apr2006/sb20060406_865110.htm <br class="br">2000s
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199806201726.KAA26569@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) Swiss sculptor and painter (1901-1966)
Alberto Giacometti in: James Lord (1965), Giacometti Portrait, p. 11-12; as cited in: James Olney (1998), Memory and Narrative: The Weave of Life-Writing. p. 331
Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) American aviation pioneer and author
As quoted in Soaring Wings : A Biography of Amelia Earhart (1939) by George Palmer Putnam, p. 83
Cited as Amelia Earhart, "My Husband," Redbook magazine (Sept. 1933) in Mary S. Lovell, The Sound of Wings (1989), p. 101.
Nina Paley (1968) US animator, cartoonist and free culture activist
"Copying Is Not Theft - let the re-recording begin! (15 December 2009) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djVaJN0f0VQ ; also quoted in "Calling All Musicians: Can You Arrange This Song?" at QuestionCopyright.org http://questioncopyright.org/copying_isnt_theft · "We Are Creators Too: Nina Paley " (2009) — introduced by Paley singing a variant of the first stanza of her song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uN7upUXSFk · "Copying Is Not Theft - Official Version" (1 April 2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4 <br class="br">Context: Copying is not theft<br>Stealing a thing leaves one less left<br>Copying it makes one thing more<br>That's what copying's for.<br>Copying isn't theft<br>If I copy yours, you have it too<br>One for me and one for you<br>That's what copies can do.<br>If I steal your bicycle,<br>You have to take the bus<br>But if I just copy it,<br>There's one for each of us!<br>Making more of a thing<br>That is what we call copying<br>Sharing ideas with everyone<br>That's why copying...<br>... Is fun!
William Shakespeare book Much Ado About Nothing
Balthazar, Act II, scene iii.
Source: Much Ado About Nothing (1598)
“There is
one art,
no more,
no less:
to do
all things
with art-
lessness.”
Piet Hein (1905–1996) Danish puzzle designer, mathematician, author, poet
Ars Brevis
Grooks
“The one thing that is more dangerous than true ignorance is the illusion of understanding.”
A. C. Grayling (1949) English philosopher
Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 57, “Becoming Philosophical” (p. 226)