Devices Quotes

644 Devices quotes by 514 unique authors

Not fair? Oh, I'm sorry I get this lovely laptop computing device when all you get is the ability to walk, control your hands, and… — Jordan Sonnenblick
Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are… — Chetan Bhagat
All of her heart, a meaningless phrase, but correct and precise, too. She used her heart to love him, not her head, and not her… — Charles Yu
Oh, a lion hunter in the jungle dark, And a sleeping drunkard up in central park, and a Chinese dentist and a British queen All… — Kurt Vonnegut
I looked around the store and what I saw was not very encouraging. There were rows and rows of violent toys...aisle after aisle of training… — Jeff Lindsay
Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the same token save… — Hannah Arendt
In the end we are all caught in devices of our own making. I believe that. In the end we are all caught. — Stephen King
Demonic activity levels? Do they have a device that measures whether the demons inside the house are doing power yoga?” -Simon, pg.340- — Cassandra Clare
Comics deal with two fundamental communicating devices: words and images. Admittedly this is an arbitrary separation. But, since in the modern world of communication they… — Will Eisner
Calpurnia evidently remembered a rainy Sunday when we were both fatherless and teacherless. Let to its own devices, the class tied Eunice Ann Simpson to… — Harper Lee
If you fail to report within the next 12 hours. you will be terminated. If you attack any humans, you will be terminated. If you… — Kiersten White
Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect. — Laura Anne Gilman
Devices which in some curious new way imitate nature are attractive to simple minds. — Vladimir Nabokov
A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community. — Robert A. Heinlein
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of… — John Steinbeck
We have reached a point today where labor-saving devices are good only when they do not throw the worker out of his job. — Eleanor Roosevelt
The Sword of Elendil was forged anew by Elvish smiths, and on its blade was traced a device of seven stars set between the crescent… — J.R.R. Tolkien
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
Hunting and fishing involve killing animals with devices (such as guns) for which the animals have not evolved natural defenses. No animal on earth has… — Marc Bekoff
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
As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with M.A.s in postmodernism and chaos theory. — David Mitchell
Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth… — J.R.R. Tolkien
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

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