Devices Quotes

644 Devices quotes by 514 unique authors

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. — H. L. Mencken
I believe in having each device secured and monitoring each device, rather than just monitoring holistically on the network, and then responding in short enough… — Kevin Mitnick
The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it. — Dudley Moore
There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them. — Michael Moore
Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year. — Kary Mullis
I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has… — Jack Nicholson
I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever. — Edward Norton
There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible. — P.J. O'Rourke
If I was left to my own devices, you would see about ten T-shirts in rotation with maybe a few nice pairs of jeans -… — Daniel Radcliffe
How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to the movies. That… — Keanu Reeves
I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil. — Charles Francis Richter
Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep… — Bertrand Russell
Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children… — Marilyn vos Savant
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. — George Bernard Shaw
TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product. — Simon Sinek
Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period,… — Barbara Tuchman
When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these… — Lech Walesa
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
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort… — Thomas J. Watson
There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness… — H.G. Wells
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

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