“Cranes do fail because of deficiency on the equipment or operator error.”
Luis Santiago
“Mac OS X is not invulnerable. It, like any other operating system, has security deficiencies in various aspects of the software. Some are technical in nature, and others lend themselves to social engineering trickery. However, the general architecture and design philosophy of Mac OS X, in addition to usage of open source components for most network-accessible services that receive intense peer scrutiny from the community, make Mac OS X a very secure operating system.”
Dave Schroeder
“The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.”
Walter Bagehot
“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge themÍž but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.”
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Helen Keller
“This may be my deficiency, but I don't think of him as great bastard at all.”
Hugh Laurie
“This is the first scientific contribution that the addictive pathways are deficient in the obese and it may explain their cravings,”
George Blackburn
“Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap”
Jacques Barzun