Nom de Plume uses the device of the pseudonym to unite the likes of Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Fernando Pessoa, and Patricia… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
The most interesting characteristic of the cube is that it is relatively uninteresting. Compared to any other three-dimensional form, the cube lacks… — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Devices are getting smarter - your television, your car - and that means more data spread around. There needs to be a… — Drew Houston 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
I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
"Who am I?" is not really a question because it has no answer to it; it is unanswerable. It is a device,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Sooner or later there will be a nuclear 9/11 [by Islamic terrorists] in an American city or that of a US ally...… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
Authors and publishers want fair compensation and a means of protecting content through digital rights management. Vendors and technology companies want new… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate capitalism have created a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
I was creating commitment devices of my own long before I knew what they were. So when I was a starving post-doc… — Daniel Goldstein Copy Share Image
The central activity of engineering, as distinguished from science, is the design of new devices, processes and systems. — Myron Tribus Copy Share Image
I have discovered that a screw-shaped device such as this, if it is well made from starched linen, will rise in the… — Leonardo da Vinci 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
There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
It all started in India in the late 60s when I began helping my husband George, who was in the population field,… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
What is the difference between method and device? A method is a device which you use twice. — George Polya Copy Share Image
You've probably got a device on you that can shoot decent video, so what's stopping you? — Steve Garfield Copy Share Image
It's all about time, dimwit time, inferior time, people checking watches and other devices, other reminders. This is time draining out of… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Our science is like a store filled with the most subtle intellectual devices for solving the most complex problems, and yet we… — Simone Weil 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
If there is to be responsible party government, the party label must be something more than a mere device for securing office.… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Among many other things, a smartphone functions as a handheld digital sensor for the physical world. In other words, we don't necessarily… — Andy Hobsbawm Copy Share Image
We're all simultaneously separated and connected by our devices, staring into our little screens, and also hungry for experience and community. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
'Moonwalking with Einstein' refers to a memory device I used when I memorized a deck of playing cards at the U.S. Memory… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
