In the world of computers and just devices in general, the lifespan, or the shelf life, is relatively short just because technology… — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
Silence has been destroyed, but also the idea that it's important to learn how another person thinks, to enter the mind of… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Google has placed its faith in data, while Apple worships the power of design. This dichotomy made the two companies complementary. Apple… — Ben Parr Copy Share Image
Chemistry, until my childhood, not that long ago, was regarded as a calculating device. Because you couldn't reduce to physics. So it's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
According to the Western model, pregnancy is a disease, menopause is a disease, and even getting pregnant is a disease. Dangerous drugs… — Barbara Seaman Copy Share Image
If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices,… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma.… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Around 2am as I was performing misogi, I suddenly forgot all the martial techniques I had ever learned. The techniques of my… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
I use a portable pocket ultrasound device instead of a stethoscope to listen to the heart, and I share it with the… — Eric Topol Copy Share Image
A majority vote is not an epistemological validation of an idea. Voting is merely a proper political device--within a strictly, constitutionall y… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
An inventor's endeavor is essentially lifesaving. Whether he harnesses forces, improves devices, or provides new comforts and conveniences, he is adding to… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I'm afraid Dr. Mondrick chose an unfortunate publicity device. After all, the theory of human evolution is no longer front page news.… — Jack Williamson Copy Share Image
If you're watching a film on your television, is it no longer a film because you're not watching it in a theatre?… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
You're going to pull out your phone and try to use whatever is the most appropriate app on your iPhone or your… — Max Levchin Copy Share Image
Comics have the page as their real estate so you've only got that space to tell the story on. But the other… — Leah Moore Copy Share Image
The world is now multicultural the same way the world is round. It's not a selling point, it's not a 'quirky' feature,… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Code is not like other how-computers-work books. It doesn't have big color illustrations of disk drives with arrows showing how the data… — Charles Petzold Copy Share Image
With high-speed cameras, we can do the opposite of time lapse. We can shoot images that are thousands of times faster than… — Louie Schwartzberg Copy Share Image
Forget what you may have heard about a digital divide or worries that the world is splintering into 'info haves' and 'info… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Read like mad. But try to do it analytically - which can be hard, because the better and more compelling a novel… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
In the greatest art, one is always aware of things that cannot be said. . .of the contradiction between expression and the… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal e-mails than two. I… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
If, technologically, it is possible to make an impenetrable device or system where the encryption is so strong that there's no key… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Nanoengineering is learning how to make devices as small as 10 to 100 atoms in width. Much of the work is going… — George M. Whitesides Copy Share Image
It's a crazy time right now with kids. They are so much, more savvy than even their parents are. They are handing… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
Old ladies photographed by CBS who announced that they would die of malnutrition if Reagan's bill were passed could probably have saved… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
My aim in photography is always to convey a mood and not to impart local information. This is not an easy matter,… — Alvin Langdon Coburn Copy Share Image
The inventor can't do it all, you've got to change people. We have an enormous capacity to invent super-machinery. But our desire… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
When I needed an e-book formatted fast and formatted perfectly, Polgarus Studio came through for me. My expectations were exceeded. It's a… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
We started to confuse entertainment with art, because art has a component of entertainment. It has to have that or it becomes… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I'm a very private person, so I didn't like this idea of tweeting about me. And then I realized, 'Oh, this is… — Darby Stanchfield Copy Share Image
Nature, left to her own devices, finds it hard to produce anything that is ugly. The work of the plant breeder should… — David C.H. Austin Copy Share Image
Women are extraordinary in lacking the estrus, or period of heat. The females of most other primate species become sexually active, to… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Wherever we are, any time of night or day, our bosses, junk-mailers, our parents can get to us. Sociologists have actually found… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
For me, when I am on the wire, I do not have a problem of eliminating or blocking fear. I do not… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. I appreciate anybody who… — Rod Blagojevich Copy Share Image
The reality is, cellphones have to be used safely. They are today like cars and trucks - we can't live without them,… — Devra Davis Copy Share Image
The documentary style is an incredibly flexible and useful one. It's a wonderful tool for establishing the credibility of the version of… — Frank Gohlke Copy Share Image
