Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.
Günter GrassTag: books literature quality sacredness
It's about the quality of the worry," I said. "I have happier worries now than I used to.
David GilmourTag: life happiness happy worry quality worries david-gilmour the-film-club
To have a man whose name is on the label showing such interest, commitment, and determination for the best is a wonderful thing. This is someone who will throw money at quality, who believes in being the best. Never knock it. Would you prefer to have a bean counter in corporate headquarters, someone who never comes near the brewery, making decisions solely on the basis of the bottom line and profit margins?
Charles W. BamforthTag: quality beer excellence commitment quality-assurance corporate-ethics
How good something is should never be determined by its cost, designer, origin, or its perceived value by others.
Ashly LorenzanaTag: perception quality materialism value material-possessions
Coach said. "the quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor".
Sherman AlexieTag: perseverance quality excellence commitment graduation
Love is a quality, not a quantity.
Vanna BontaTag: love quality qualities-of-life
A fashionable idea in technical circles is that quantity not only turns into quality at some extreme of scale, but also does so according to principles we already understand. Some of my colleagues think a million, or perhaps a billion, fragmentary insults will eventually yield wisdom that surpasses that of any well-thought-out essay, so long as sophisticated secret statistical algorithms recombine the fragments. I disagree. A trope from the early days of computer science comes to mind: garbage in, garbage out.
Jaron LanierTag: technology internet quality quantity web
There are at least two ways to believe in the idea of quality. You can believe there's something ineffable going on within the human mind, or you can believe we just don't understand what quality in a mind is yet, even though we might someday. Either of those opinions allows one to distinguish quantity and quality. In order to confuse quantity and quality, you have to reject both possibilities. The mere possibility of there being something ineffable about personhood is what drives many technologists to reject the notion of quality. They want to live in an airtight reality that resembles an idealized computer program, in which everything is understood and there are no fundamental mysteries. They recoil from even the hint of a potential zone of mystery or an unresolved seam in one's worldview. This desire for absolute order usually leads to tears in human affairs, so there is a historical reason to distrust it. Materialist extremists have long seemed determined to win a race with religious fanatics: Who can do the most damage to the most people?
Jaron LanierTag: religion quality materialism personhood quantity
Being different is a revolving door in your life where secure people enter and insecure exit.
Shannon L. AlderTag: future acceptance self-acceptance beauty difference unique integrity confidence moving-on different attitude quality pride personality beginnings letting-go special self-love insecurity proud insecure not-caring
But I have never had the privilege of unhappiness in Happy Valley. California is about the good life. So a bad life there seems so much worse than a bad life anywhere else. Quality is an obsession there—good food, good wine, good movies, music, weather, cars. Those sound like the right things to shoot for, but the never-ending quality quest is a lot of pressure when you’re uncertain and disorganized and, not least, broker than broke. Some afternoons a person just wants to rent Die Hard, close the curtains, and have Cheerios for lunch.
Sarah VowellTag: humor quality california
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