Devices Quotes

644 Devices quotes by 514 unique authors

In a world where data is coin of the realm, and transmissions are guarded by no better sentinels than man-made codes and corruptible devices, there… — C.S. Friedman
Those clocks are sophisticated instruments that calculate time by measuring electrical charges called coulombs -- given the rapidity and volume of electrons that move through… — Dean Lombardi
Modernist discourse [...] incorporates semantic devices - such as the labeling of theism as 'religion' and naturalism as 'science' - that work to prevent a… — Phillip E. Johnson
A portal is a transitionary device of sight or sound that functions as a sort of third gravitating body between the this and the that,… — Roy H. Williams
Any time you see signs or labels added to a device, it is an indication of bad design: a simple lock should not require instructions. — Donald A. Norman
What makes something simple or complex? It's not the number of dials or controls or how many features it has: It is whether the person… — Donald A. Norman
Simplification is as much in the mind as it is in the device. — Donald A. Norman
No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside… — Matt Chandler
There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. The glib supposition of utilizing atomic energy when our coal has run… — Robert Andrews Millikan
When I needed an e-book formatted fast and formatted perfectly, Polgarus Studio came through for me. My expectations were exceeded. It's a relief knowing I… — Hugh Howey
Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball. — Andrew Vachss
It looks simple to come up with a tablet that works, but it is not, ... In order to have the power and portability you… — Esther Dyson
On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to… — Donna Tartt
Newspaper : A device unable to distinguish between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilisation. — George Bernard Shaw
... legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property... Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation… — Thomas Jefferson
In a world torn by every kind of fundamentalism - religious, ethnic, nationalist and tribal - we must grant first place to economic fundamentalism, with… — Carlos Fuentes
With Jesus, however, the device of parabolic utterance is used not to explain things to peopleâ€™s satisfaction but to call attention to the unsatisfactoriness of… — Robert Farrar Capon
Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge within a community… — Amy Waldman
By focusing on the interior of a speaker's larynx and using infrared, he was able to convert the visible vibrations of the vocal cords into… — Damon Knight
The average man gets his living by such depressing devices that boredom becomes a sort of natural state to him. — H. L. Mencken

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