We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Very few societies on Earth developed science as we know it today. On the other hand, the number is not zero -… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that's a… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by things large and small. I wanted to know what made… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
People think that direct address was invented by Ferris Bueller, but in fact, it wasn't. It was invented by Shakespeare. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I've invented several games for use as teaching tools in my classroom: one of them, a game called 'Iron Age: Council of… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
When Tim Berners-Lee invented the computer code that led to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1990, he did not… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Most of the musicians that I know almost to the man everybody uses Apple computers. They've thought of the steps that you're… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
There is no god, so how can I consider myself a god? God is the greatest lie invented by man. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies. — Mathieu Amalric Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the Chinese. This goes a long way back to my childhood. The Chinese invented money, movable type,… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The Internet is the most liberating tool for humanity ever invented, and also the best for surveillance. It's not one or the… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
The book that is the closest genetically to 'Goon Squad' is 'Look at Me.' It has the futuristic element - although, freakishly,… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Instead of inventing imaginary friends, I invented whole imaginary worlds. They were elaborate scenarios about spies and adventurers and top secret missions.… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
Practically every technology that is ever invented is touted as being the new savior, the thing that will bring peace and goodwill… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of… — Alva Myrdal Copy Share Image
I thought, 'A biennial needs artists. I'm going to do an international biennial; I need artists from all around the world.' So… — Shea Hembrey Copy Share Image
God is a fiction invented by people so they do not have to face the reality of their condition. — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
Every week, I heave open a supermarket skip and find therein a more exotic shopping list of items than I could possibly… — Tristram Stuart Copy Share Image
Not much was really invented during the Renaissance, if you don't count modern civilization. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Note to academics: Aristarchus' track record of astronomical research would probably have guaranteed him tenure somewhere, if tenure had been invented. His… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
