Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience. – Carl Clinton Van Doren
Were real people and were a band thats been playing on the scene for a long time. Weve made a lot of friends, and one enemy weve always had was the NME. Theyve always basically slated us and theyve basically never ever written about the music. – Dan Hawkins
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought. – Bernard Baruch
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. – C.A.R. Hoare, quoted by Donald Knuth
