Here is a fact: nothing in all civilization has been as productive as ludicrous ambition. Whatever its ills, nothing has created more.… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
I'm tempted to say, 'Writing treatments is like designing a film by hiring six million monkeys to tear out pages of an… — Terry Rossio Copy Share Image
Are you okay?" she whispers, giggling. Me? Oh sure. You might have to carry me out of here, though." What happened?" I… — Lisa McMann Copy Share Image
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities,… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
To create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
The first art in caves were really psychedelic experiences, and the reason that they were is because the tribal encyclopedia, the amount… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
People take issue with individual aspects of Wikipedia all the time. But it's kind of hard to hate the general idea of… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation. [Referring to the diverse holdings of the… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
I like to think of The Falls as my own personal encyclopedia Greenaway-ensis. — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
When I was 8 years old, I made my own encyclopedia of American biography - Johnny Appleseed, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
Jarrell was not so much a father . . . as an affectionate encyclopedia. — Mary Von Schrader Jarrell Copy Share Image
There is enough information capacity in a single human cell to store the Encyclopedia Britannica, all 30 volumes of it, three or… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Most of my library consists of books on the Catholic faith: conversion stories, books on saints and Early Church Fathers, Apparitions of… — Gail Buckley Copy Share Image
Run a test. Give a 5-year-old a printed book and an iPad and see what happens. That 5-year-old is going to go… — Dan Poynter Copy Share Image
Kids, she says. When they’re little, they believe everything you tell them about the world. As a mother, you’re the world almanac… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Elvis is my religion. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I always introduce myself as an encyclopedia of defects which I do not deny. Why should I? It took me a whole… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too. — Charles Van Doren Copy Share Image
My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
The cultivated person's first duty is to be always prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Rules of Play is an exhaustive, clear, cogent, and complete resource for understanding games and game design. Salen and Zimmerman describe an… — Nathan Shedroff Copy Share Image
I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my take on… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
A textbook requires a consistent sense of style and a linear structure, hallmarks of a single authorial presence. An encyclopedia doesn't. — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image