Device Quotes

377 quotes by 317 authors

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. — George Bernard Shaw
It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a… — Neale Donald Walsch
It's a wonderful narrative device to bring someone from the outside and look through his eyes if you want to describe the absurdity and preposterous… — Christoph Waltz
Today a celebrity sex video isn't a stigma that requires penance and smarm removal; it's a branding device, a platform enhancer, a show reel. — James Wolcott
Police departments no longer have to pay overtime or divert resources from other projects to find out where an individual goes - all they have… — Ron Wyden
Sometimes you have to disconnect to stay connected. Remember the old days when you had eye contact during a conversation? When everyone wasn't looking down… — Regina Brett
There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes philandering. — Helen Fisher
Beyond the hype, style, and speculation, the truth is that the iPad is really just another tablet device. A really big PDA, where a touchscreen… — Douglas Rushkoff
What makes a great standalone piece of hardware is not the same thing as what makes a great networking device. One can work as an… — Douglas Rushkoff
Death is the operative device that sets us free in Christ - when we die, we truly live. — Tullian Tchividjian
Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device… — Ambrose Bierce
This is the most important thing I will ever say to you. The human mind is the ultimate testing device. You can take all the… — Lois McMaster Bujold
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you… — Haruki Murakami
Someday she might replace whatever of her had gone away by some prosthetic device, a dress of a certain color, a phrase in a letter,… — Thomas Pynchon
I think it's kinda nice.' And I did. my mom isn't famous for her pies. No, she's famous for defusing a nuclear device in Brussels… — Ally Carter
A book is a device to ignite the imagination. — Alan Bennett
A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a chair. A bad… — J. Patrick Lewis
This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself… — Tom Robbins
He felt a spasm of excitement because he knew instinctively who it was, or at least knew who it was he wanted it to be,… — Douglas Adams
Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark. — Steven Wright

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