OK, let's have a "Quotes" thread!

« On ne peut vivre qu'en dominant ses peurs, pas en refusant le risque d'avoir peur »

“You cannot live but by dominating your fears, not by refusing the risk to be afraid”
(Nicolas Hulot gives up. If you don't know what that means, that is not my fault.)

... “qui vivra verra”**is a widely used and understood proverb that literally means, “he/she who lives, shall see.” this phrase is usually used when an outcome is unpredictable or uncertain, like in the english “the future will tell.” ...

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« Le pape François est un homme qui marche sur un plancher pourri »

“The Pope Francis is a man who walks on a rotten floor”

Pierre Vignon

“Our weaknesses are always evident, both to ourselves and others. But our strengths are hidden until we choose to reveal them--and that is when we are truly tested. When all that we have within is exposed, and we may no longer blame our inadequacies for our failure, but must instead depend upon our strengths to succeed ... that is when the measure of a man is taken, my boy.”
― James A. Owen, Here, There Be Dragons

“Foreigner! Do not leave us alone with these Germans.” (an anonymous German)

“Is this one of us or a foreigner? Only the mentally deficient reason this way!” (from India)

“The country which does not protect the foreigners will soon decline” (Mirza Abdul Hassan Khan)

From Final Fantasy 14:

Children of the land answer this Why must you return to empty bliss Tell me why break trust why turn the past to dust Seeking solace in the abyss

^ isn't that what all gamers do?

„Denn das Entartetste auf der Welt ist eine Mutter, die darauf noch stolz ist, das, was ihr Schoß einmal geboren, im Schlamm und Kot umsinken zu sehen.“

“(Because) The most degenerated thing in this world is a mother, who is even proud when what her womb has born, goes down in mud and excrement.”
Kurti (Verdun)

Something is difficult in this translation. There is, though, no poetry involved. Tell me, if you know what it is called and how I recognize these constructions. I am always helpless and must find a way to evade such pitfalls. Nuances are the most important thing in life and I am creating misunderstanding (more in French, though) by actually « mastering » the language...

Time for another funny quote...

Weather forecast for tonight: dark.

---George Carlin

no kidding...

^ not sure what the context is, or what's generally quoteworthy about it.
winter nights are certainly darker than summer nights.
a moonless night (new moon) is certainly darker than a full moon.
etc.
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a hysterical historical (and certainly quoteworthy) moment in Linux development:

This is my reality. I am not an emotionally empathetic kind of person and that probably doesn't come as a big surprise to anybody. Least of all me. The fact that I then misread people and don't realize (for years) how badly I've judged a situation and contributed to an unprofessional environment is not good. This week people in our community confronted me about my lifetime of not understanding emotions. My flippant attacks in emails have been both unprofessional and uncalled for. Especially at times when I made it personal. In my quest for a better patch, this made sense to me. I know now this was not OK and I am truly sorry. The above is basically a long-winded way to get to the somewhat painful personal admission that hey, I need to change some of my behavior, and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely. I am going to take time off and get some assistance on how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately.

Linus Torvalds (source)

Originally Posted by ondoho Linus Torvalds (source)

Thank you for this. I just add the last line
“I look forward to seeing you at the Maintainer Summit”. Together with the non-empty words above, it makes a complete image (or completes an image).

« Notre société est hermétiquement compartimentée. Elle est fondée sur un système d'inégalité au profit d'une classe sociale qui détient de génération en génération les richesses matérielles et culturelles et n'entend pas en faire profiter les autres. »

« Ce ne sont pas les individus qu'on combat ! C'est la mécanique oligarchique. Faut de la morale dans votre jeu. »

“Our society is hermetically classified. It is founded on a system of inequalities on behalf of a social class which holds from generation to generation material and cultural wealth and does not intend to let benefit the others”

“It is not the individual that we fight! It is the oligarchic mechanics. You must have morality in your act.”

Monique & Michel Pinçon-Charlot / Étienne Lécroart

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise" -Margaret Atwood

"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself" -Andy Warhol

Came across this today.

Originally Posted by Christian Irizarry Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say.

« La plus belle pierre tombale ne couvre qu'un cadavre. »
“The most beautiful tombstone only covers a corpse.”

Charles Aznavour