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Investment in software reliability will increase until it...

Investment in software reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cost of errors.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, reliability, error

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

Quote by Charles Babbage about influence, principle, knowledge, state, country

Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about love, word, contentment

The American people depend on these federal employees to process, investigate, and adjudicate applications for immigration rights and benefits in a timely and thorough manner.

Quote by Joe Baca about nation, americans, people

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability...

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about ability, power, mind, nothing, life

The ADMIRAL, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.

Quote by William Falconer about ability, destiny, being

A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high level of saving makes it possible to have the sustained high level of business investment that contributes to the long-run growth of output.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about activity, affair

Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private investment or require higher taxes that weaken growth by reducing incentives to save,...

Quote by Martin Feldstein about work

The hype for this particular Harry Potter film-I don't...

The hype for this particular Harry Potter film-I don't really feel it. I don't have a fan's investment in the books myself.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about books, film

I certainly would have regretted not getting into wrestling. It's been very lucrative for me and I've been fortunate to get into it and make money and not do anything stupid where I invested in something that collapsed.

Quote by Owen Hart about money

It is your people who make the ultimate difference. You put the investment into training the people and then, when you get invited to the party with the big boys, that is a unique selling point.

Quote by Franz Kafka about opinion, people, contentment

Bullets work on veteran cops too. They also work on weight lifters, martial arts experts, department marksmen, Narco Investigators, S.W.A.T. jocks, and others who consider themselves immortal.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, immortality, art, work

The better you do your job, the more likely you are to be...

The better you do your job, the more likely you are to be shot, injured, complained on, sued, investigated on your day off.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, day, contentment

Every thorough investigation leads to confusion.

Every thorough investigation leads to confusion.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, confusion

I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post...

I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.

Quote by Joe Pantoliano about press, being

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.

Quote by Talcott Parsons about reason, word, people

The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the...

Quote by Talcott Parsons about evolution, knowledge

As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for the benefit of our whole community.

Quote by Ed Pastor about teaching, teachers, education, school, children, things

For the first time federal, state and local bureaus of investigation are coordinating their effort, to serve as eyes and ears and protect us against further attacks.

Quote by George Pataki about time, eyes, state

We passed important laws to give the authorities...

We passed important laws to give the authorities responsible for investigation wide powers to defend us.

Quote by George Pataki

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