I don't make grandiose, prophetic statements in my songs.
That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.
We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremendous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsic limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers.
I pride myself on that, even though I'm kind of under the radar, when I step on the field, I try to do an admirable job.
I make sure I'm appreciative and can an encounter the world in a humble way.
I am a quiet person, not too loud or dramatic.
I am just a country lawyer from way down in North Carolina, and I probably make inquiries with a little bit more vigor than some of these high-falutin' city lawyers do.
Asked about the thoroughness of his committee's investigations into the Watergate break-in, he replied:
The arts must study their occasions; they must stand modestly aside until they can slip in fitly into the interstices of life.