“Most people, I think, don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?”

—  Thomas Hesse

NPR: Sony Music CDs Under Fire from Privacy Advocates http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4989260

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Most people, I think, don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" by Thomas Hesse?
Thomas Hesse photo

Related quotes

Octavia E. Butler photo

“If you don’t care about my people, why should I care about yours?”

Octavia E. Butler book Adulthood Rites

Part II “Phoenix” chapter 15 (p. 383)
Adulthood Rites (1988)

Kelly Osbourne photo

“I don't really care what people think about my hair. It's my hair, so why should they care? Ooh, that rhymed.”

Kelly Osbourne (1984) English singer-songwriter, actress, television presenter and fashion designer

The Osbournes

Joe Satriani photo

“Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care most about, but it's really the melody playing that is the cornerstone of what I'm working on.”

Joe Satriani (1956) American guitar player

As quoted in Guitar Magazine (August 1997).

Ai Weiwei photo

“Very few people know why art sells so high. I don’t even know.”

Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist

Ai Weiwei, interview in “ Change http://www.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/episode-change,” Episode 1, Season Six, Art: 21—Art in the Twenty-First Century, PBS, April 2012. <br class="br">2010-, 2012

Lawrence M. Schoen photo

““Besides, prophecies are tricky stuff. It’s only after that people recognize them as important. At the time they’re spoken most people don’t want to hear about them.”
“Really? But aren’t they truth?”
“Especially then. Truth is tough.”
“Why? I mean, it’s the truth. It just is.”
“I think that’s so, in the abstract, but none of us get to really know the abstract. We only know what we think.””

Lawrence M. Schoen (1959) American writer and klingonist

Source: Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (2015), Chapter 7, “Parental Disappointment” (p. 84)

Bertrand Russell photo

“"I don't want to! Why should I?"
"Because more people will be happier if you do than if you don't."
"So what? I don't care about other people."
"You should."
"But why?"
"Because more people will be happier if you do than if you don't."”

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist

Dialogue between Russell and his daughter Katharine, as quoted in My Father – Bertrand Russell (1975)
Attributed from posthumous publications

Lady Gaga photo

“I don't care what people think about me, I care what they think about themselves.”

Lady Gaga (1986) American singer, songwriter, and actress

FUSE Lady Gaga: On The Record (Part 1) HQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiYM-OzG6yw

Ramana Maharshi photo

“Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.”

Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950) Indian religious leader

Abide as the Self

Alexander Ovechkin photo

“I don't care what people say about me and what they think about me. I care about my team and I care about myself. Lots of people watch hockey, and I think everybody has different thinking.”

Alexander Ovechkin (1985) Russian ice hockey player

John Vogl (December 27, 2006) "No standing ovation for Ovechkin", The Buffalo News, p. D4.

Klaus Kinski photo

“I don't care about that scum! Why should I receive a prize? I know that I'm a genius!”

Klaus Kinski (1926–1991) German actor

As quoted by Werner Herzog, in My Best Fiend, (1999)

Related topics