More from Alan Cooper
When I was a teenager, that was when I fell in love with music. It affected me in a deep way. That’s why I love having teenagers at our shows.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don’t want to keep making the same record over and over and over.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper Computer memories work in a manner alien to human memories. My memory lets me recognize the faces of my friends, whereas my own computer never even recognizes me.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
Alan CooperAlan Cooper
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I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
Igor StravinskyIgor Stravinsky The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.
Gustave FlaubertGustave Flaubert Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller I’m at my best when I’m exhausted and under pressure.
Jimmy PageJimmy Page If shaytan has entered into your heart – evil will look beautiful to you and good will seem tiring and exhausting.
Nouman Ali KhanNouman Ali Khan We all experienced sleep deprivation at times – hat is the nature of stress but a physically exhausted leader routinely makes poor decisions in times of crisis.
Major Dick WintersMajor Dick Winters Because I was in such good shape, my fatigue level never reached the point of physical exhaustion that contributes to mental exhaustion and, ultimately, to combat fatigue.
Major Dick WintersMajor Dick Winters Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell
