Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199709041935.MAA27136@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
Amazon.com Interview: Larry Wall http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=7137. <br class="br">Other
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199709041935.MAA27136@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Why should things be easy to understand?”
Thomas Pynchon (1937) American novelist
Pynchon's response to Jules Siegel about the complexity of V, as quoted in "Who Is Thomas Pynchon... And Why Did He Take Off With My Wife?", Playboy (March 1977)
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) English poet
Vol. II, Ch. V Aphorisms and Extracts, p. 74.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
Steve Jobs (1955–2011) American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.
Source: Lecture Steve Jobs gave in 1992 is a masterclass on conflict resolution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPPpo4jv4mU
John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States
Senator McCain's announcement speech for his 2008 presidential bid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain_presidential_campaign,_2008 (25 April 2007) <br class="br">Full text of the speech can be found here on The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/us/politics/26mccain_text.html <br class="br">2000s, 2007
“It's so easy to love. The only hard thing is to be loved.
[Vincent Van Gogh]”
Irving Stone book Lust for Life
Source: Lust for Life
John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
Source: My Father's Tears and Other Stories