Ken Olsen Quotes
The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
Over the years of municipal building, Moses dealt with many politicians who lost their political courage and would be concerned with his building programs. They would explain, "You don't have to be elected." The response was:
The President and Vice President Johnson were on a tour of Texas. In San Antonio and Houston Senator Ralph Yarborough refused to ride in the same car with the Vice President, a long time political foe. When the party reached Fort Worth, the President told Yarborough:
Each generation believes that technology and modernization is overtaking their way of life and forcing change upon them. In 1938, the very success of consumerism—that people have choices they never had before—placed stress on some people who had grown up making very few decisions as there was only one way to do almost everything. In the late 20th century having 500 television channels and thousands of more entertainment and educational possibilities with the Internet was a source of great stress for an entire generation of people who for most of their lives chose from the three major networks for their entertainment.
The principle seems to have been generalized from the military field to include executive orders, diplomatic instructions, policy statements and the like.
Prevented by the Military from ever taking office. Although she won the Presidency overwhelmingly, the military refused to let her take office and established a right-wing military dictatorship holding her in house arrest for decades.
Kenneth Harry Olsen was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen.
