Platform Quotes - page 2

I don't like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand right back and if possible to get a pillar between me and the train. I don't like to stand by the side of a ship and look down into the water. A second's action would end everything. A few drops of desperation. (Winston Churchill)
Sharing the code just seems like The Right Thing to Do, it costs us rather little, but it benefits a lot of people in sometimes very significant ways. There are many university research projects, proof of concept publisher demos, and new platform test beds that have leveraged the code. Free software that people value adds wealth to the world. View quote
John D. Carmack
Ultimately, application vendors are driven by volume, and volume is favored by the open approach Google is taking. There are so many manufacturers working so hard to distribute Android phones globally that whether you like [Android 4.0] or not ... you will want to develop for that platform, and perhaps even first. View quote
Eric Schmidt
Social media is just a platform. Twitter is a very simple and immediate broadcast platform. Facebook is a very personal, when it comes to friends and when it comes to fan pages, a little bit less but still somewhat personal way to communicate. View quote
Mark Cuban
The second item in the liberal creed, after self-righteousness, is unaccountability. Liberals have invented whole college majors- psychology, sociology, women's studies- to prove that nothing is anybody's fault. No one is fond of taking responsibility for his actions, but consider how much you'd have to hate free will to come up with a political platform that advocates killing unborn babies but not convicted murderers. A callous pragmatist might favor abortion and capital punishment. A devout Christian would sanction neither. But it takes years of therapy to arrive at the liberal view. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach. View quote
Walter Jon Williams
The platform underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape," she explained. "She was crushed." "I'd have been disappointed too. View quote
Anthony Horowitz
I believe Facebook is going all the way. They're going to reach a billion members and will be the biggest company in the world. It will be a platform everyone goes on the Internet through. View quote
Ben Mezrich
The web's strength lies precisely in its unique position as the world's first universal platform. View quote
Jeffrey Zeldman
Life is a train that stops at no stations; you either jump abroad or stand on the platform and watch as it passes. View quote
Yasmina Khadra
Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people. (Rowan Atkinson)
It's a big raised platform at the end of the square, with steps running up to it.” Like a stage?” Evanlyn suggested. "Maybe they're planning to put on a play?” Or an execution,” Horace said. View quote
John Flanagan
Coming back to a television series puts you back in the limelight and gives you a platform for your ideas. If you're not acting on a series, you don't get the ability to communicate to people. View quote
Dennis Weaver
Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage. View quote
Amy Jo Martin
EdX will be a creating a platform which will be open source, not for profit, and a portal for a website where universities will offer their courses. For example, MIT courses will be offered as MITx and Harvard courses as HarvardX. View quote
Anant Agarwal
I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about. View quote
Anne Heche
I think the next big thing in music, and it's kind of because I come from the tech industry, is actually, I think it's the platform... Spotify is incredibly interesting. I think the platform is becoming the star. View quote
Brian Chesky
Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more. View quote
Chaka Khan
I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way. View quote
Chiranjeevi
Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope. View quote
David Limbaugh
They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic. (Dennis Eckersley)
I dont want to be labeled one thing. My main thing I care about is being able to create the things I want to do with my friends, whatever platform that is. View quote
Derek Waters
A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen. View quote
Dan Stevens
People try to read a lot into what 'digital' means. It's just another platform. There are very attractive things that happen if you invest in content - movies, TV production, acquired series, specialty genres, digital distribution of our magazines, sports rights. View quote
Jeffrey Bewkes
The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this Earth. It's not going to be, 'It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl,' but really and truly what you're going to leave on this Earth is the influence on others. View quote
Joe Gibbs