I think it was the first time in my entire life anyone has ever looked at me and said something nice, just to be nice, just to make me, a stranger, feel better.
“Be natural and yourself and this glittering flattery will be as the passing breeze of the sea on a warm summer day.”
― Ego Is the Enemy
― Ego Is the Enemy
“What matters is that you learn how to manage yourself and others, before your industry eats you alive.”
― Ego Is the Enemy
― Ego Is the Enemy
“The same goes for us, whatever we do. Instead of pretending that we are living some great story, we must remain focused on the execution—and on executing with excellence.”
― Ego Is the Enemy
― Ego Is the Enemy
“Security is hard; while you can show that a particular algorithm is weak, you can't show that one algorithm you don't know how to break is more secure than another.”
― Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World
― Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World
“Windows NT is much worse. The operating system is an example of completely ignoring security lessons from history. Things that are in the kernel are defined as secure, so smart engineering says to make the kernel as small as possible, and make sure everything in it is secure.”
― Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World
― Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World
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