Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer
Podcast Series 1 Episode 2
On Sex
In an interview in Artforum, Nov. 83
Interviews
Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer
Podcast Series 1 Episode 2
On Sex
“My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.”
Jamie Zawinski (1968) American programmer
DNA Lounge blog http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2004/04.html#18
Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist
Source: (1776), Book IV, Chapter I, p. 471.
“Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199712040054.QAA13811@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.”
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Wishing to dare serves no purpose at all, if it remains a wish.”
Fausto Cercignani (1941) Italian scholar, essayist and poet
Examples of self-translation (c. 2004), Quotes - Zitate - Citations - Citazioni
“The Shoshone did not wage war, because it served no purpose.”
Peter Farb (1929–1980) American academic and writer
Man's Rise to Civilization (1968), p. 31