Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than… — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
I don’t want you to just be my tutor. I want you to be the girl I look for in the halls… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
People would come and threaten them. And they would respond by putting the book in the window. Behind that, the publishers, many… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Everyone knows, or should know, that everything we type on our computers or say into our cell phones is being disseminated throughout… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
You know when a company wants to use letters in their phone number, but often they'll use too many letters? "Call 1-800-I-Really-Enjoy-Brand-New-Carpeting."… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
Police departments no longer have to pay overtime or divert resources from other projects to find out where an individual goes -… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
“The system we have evolved critically relies on people continually wanting new cars and new cell phones, new widgets and gadgets, new… — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss this as some sort of bad… — Ze Frank Copy Share Image
This is a different - a different era, a different war, Stretch. So what we're - people are changing phone numbers and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
There are energies that reside in each phone and phoneme. And we can release them. And it can be grand and vast… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
I think that for the longest time, film was scared of depicting too much life on our phones because of how uncinematic… — Julio Torres Copy Share Image
One day in '61, I was looking in the Santa Monica phone book for a number, and there it was: Stan Laurel,… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
All these computers, all these handhelds, all these cell phones, all these laptops, all these servers - what we're getting out of… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
But then why, when talking on the phone, did they quarrel, on average at least once every four sentences? Maybe, though the… — Andrea Camilleri Copy Share Image
For most affairs, this eventually becomes the most fundamental of questions, the only one that matters: Do we love each other more… — Brady Udall Copy Share Image
The sign at the entrance to my gym locker room says, no cell phones please, cell phones are cameras. They are not.… — Danny Lyon Copy Share Image
Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Mama?" "Yes, Emmy." She traced a rivulet of rain with her finger as it made its journey down the glass. "How do… — Karen White Copy Share Image
In places like India with smartphones, there's an app now for women if they're in a violent situation, they can press one… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
If you want to lose 40 pounds, you order salad instead of fries. If you want to be a better friend, you… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
You can make a film with a phone and a computer if you want, if you have the time. So it's a… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no… — Gary Barlow Copy Share Image
No matter how much we're on our phones, going to the show is the goal - you look at things online and… — Darren Criss Copy Share Image
Alec looked down at the shattered pieces in disbelief. “You BROKE my PHONE.” Jace shrugged. “Guys don’t let other guys keep calling… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
When I'm listening to stuff on the computer or through a horrible little speaker on my phone, and then I hear the… — Kevin Shields Copy Share Image
If I'm watching my son play soccer, that's what I'm doing. If I'm going to a school concert, that's what I'm doing.… — Gail Kelly Copy Share Image
What helped me a lot is the fact that I have a very short neck. If I had a neck like a… — George Chuvalo Copy Share Image
I think those who invest in mutual funds want someone else to do the thinking for them. But the fact that they… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
One metaphor for how we are living is that you see so may people with cell phones. In restaurants, walking, they have… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“The more helpful our phones get, the harder it is to be ourselves. For everyone out there fighting to write idiosyncratic, high-entropy,… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
If you offer people a decent service, if you give them you know Internet access, if their phones are not cut off… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I spoke on the phone with President Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The two of us discussed our ongoing efforts… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a newly coined word in the English language for the moment when the person we're with whips out their BlackBerry… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Any time someone tries to tell you that metadata is 'meaningless, don't worry, it's just who you call, it's just phone records,… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I was talking to my father via phone from my hotel room when he said "I will call you right back" before… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
I play on my phone in public quite a lot. I pretend that I'm getting a very important message that I must… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Music. I could not go without that. My mind would not let me be without music. I hiked the trail in 1995… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
I find that if I use my time well and take care of my mind/body when I'm outside of work, then I… — Beth Riesgraf Copy Share Image
