Quotes About Interpretation

When communication in unclear speculations takes precedence.

Real communication is not possible. That is why my message, your perception and your expression shall never be the same.

To get through life successfully, body and soul must translate each other correctly more often than not.

Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers to execute.

I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing.

XML is not a language in the sense of a programming language any more than sketches on a napkin are a language.

I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain.

The silences express so much and are so crucial in music, and prose does not allow for the creation of these silences, these white spaces on the page or the computer screen.

While I'm acting I'm focused on what I'm trying to say through the character. And when I'm writing, I'm just putting down on paper or on the computer what I have to say.

Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.

If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it.

The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even if they see little.

There are offences given and offences not given but taken.

They classify my motivational speeches as rants...

Stupid people will mistake your confidence for arrogance.

One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations.

Data scientists are statisticians because being a statistician is awesome and anyone who does cool things with data is a statistician.

Don't see the notes. See the music. See the story it is telling you. Allow the music to change you. Allow it to give you the courage to do whatever you need to

In Chinese the word for crisis is weiji composed of the character wei which means danger and ji which means opportunity.

My dad has a weird hobby; he collects empty bottles... which sounds so much better than "alcoholic."

The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author.

It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask.

You should never, ever be understood completely. That's like the kiss of death, isn't it? It's a full stop. I don't ever think you should put full stops on thoughts. They change.