Device Quotes

377 quotes by 317 authors

A dagger is the noble weapon of Brutus. Everyone understands that tyrants fall to daggers. A bomb is a sordid modern device with many complex… — Bruce Sterling
A fourth-grade reader may be a sixth-grade mathematician. The grade is an administrative device which does violence to the nature of the developmental process. — B.F. Skinner
I would rather sit next to a transgender person and discuss why every single one I've met smells like a bar in the daytime than… — Chelsea Handler
The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice. — Richard K. Morgan
I do not know why I care," Drizzt answered honestly. His eyes turned back to his ancient homeland, where loyalty was merely a device to… — R A Salvatore
Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively. — Sharon Salzberg
I never forget,â€ Myrnin said in a choked whisper. â€œCertainly not with your nails in my throat. Theyâ€™re quite an excellent mnemonic device. — Rachel Caine
... the Kindle is a "roach motel" device: its license terms and DRM ensure that books can check in, but they can't check out. — Cory Doctorow
Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life. — Lucy Grealy
By the way, if you get mad at your Mac laptop and wonder who designed this demonic device, notice the manufacturer's icon on top: an… — Peter Kreeft
Why on earth do you carry a mirror around with you?â€ â€œIt's purely a defensive device. We seldom quarrel, and this is one of the… — Theodore Sturgeon
The running pants were tolerable, Drustan decided, relieved. The blue trews had clearly been a torture device and would have strangled a man's seed. Mayhap… — Karen Marie Moning
Covert Operations Report At approximately 0900 hours on Saturday, October 14, Operative Morgan was given a stern lecture by Agent Townsend, a tracking device by… — Ally Carter
Brenna was fixing some kind of a small computronic device when he found her in her quarters. â€œJudd,â€ she said, putting down her tools. â€œYou… — Nalini Singh
The unrealistic nature of these tales (which narrowminded rationalists object to) is an important device, because it makes obvious that the fairy talesâ€™ concern is… — Bruno Bettelheim
Macey couldn't decide whether to be intrigued that Hale was walking around with a state-of-the-art covert communications device or be jealous because she'd been caught… — Ally Carter
When the woman took the earbud, he didn't ask another question. She was a woman on a mission as she placed the tiny device in… — Ally Carter
In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell. — H. L. Mencken
Philosophy is antipoetic. Philosophize about mankind and you brush aside individual uniqueness, which a poet cannot do without self-damage. Unless, for a start, he has… — Robert Graves
It is as if evolution has built a safety device in our nervous system that allows us to experience full happiness only when we are… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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