Devices Quotes

644 Devices quotes by 514 unique authors

At the end of the day, a television, a computer, or a smart phone is just a device through which one can access content. The… — Ray William Johnson
Any device in science is a window on to nature, and each new window contributes to the breadth of our view. — Cecil Frank Powell
So,high heels weren't a modern invention. I couldn't believe women had been putting up with these torture devices for centuries. — Karen Chance
Studying doesn't have to happen in a silo. It can be a social experience. You can engage with your friends and family to find out… — Eric Lefkofsky
First, our focus on security is on the infrastructure itself. So it is all about how you protect the network, the device, and the application… — John W. Thompson
The cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the united States. Americans of today view their government in the same way as… — Jacob G. Hornberger
RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For… — Ambrose Bierce
TELESCOPE, n. A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us… — Ambrose Bierce
You are literally filled with the fruit of your own devices, with rats and mice and such small deer, paramecia, and entomostraceæ, and kicking things… — Charles Kingsley
If you look at the economics of Nokia, roughly half of the company, half of the business, half of how we think about the business… — Stephen Elop
Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise, And interpret your device, . . . . All things wait… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman. — James Russell Lowell
When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is… — Eric Hoffer
There is no known device for artistic contraception. — Daniel J. Boorstin
He who first shortened the labor of Copyists by device of Movable Types was disbanding hired armies and cashiering most Kings and Senates, and creating… — Thomas Carlyle
Forget what you may have heard about a digital divide or worries that the world is splintering into 'info haves' and 'info have-nots.' The fact… — William J. Clinton
To injure another person through atonement is one of the most subtle devices of the neurotic, as when, for example, he indulges in self-accusations. — Alfred Adler
The freedom of women was achieved by two things: One, the Pill. Two... by labour-saving devices like the washing machine. By science, not feminism. — Doris Lessing
Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,. — Thomas Sowell
To my knowledge, the Department of Homeland Security has focused on detection devices that are large, expensive, use a large amount of energy, and cannot… — Jim Ryun
I think Unix is a great system -- especially for running data centers -- because it is very mature, very reliable, very scalable. But when… — Bill Joy
I'm writing a film called 'Bug.' It's an original script, and it's not about killer insects. It's a thriller set in a high school. The… — Wes Craven
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the… — George Farquhar
The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability, and something is bound to come of it. — Vannevar Bush
Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. — Quintus Curtius Rufus

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