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And this book may suggest to some computer professionals that their position should not be as sacrosanct as they have thought, either.

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Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong.

We should not impose regularity where it does not exist.

You can and must understand computers now!

Computer Lib/Dream Machines (1974)

A user interface should be so simple that a beginner in an emergency can understand it within 10 seconds.

If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.

Computer Lib/Dream Machines (1974)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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