Devices Quotes

644 Devices quotes by 514 unique authors

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively. — Sharon Salzberg
I never forget,” Myrnin said in a choked whisper. “Certainly not with your nails in my throat. They’re quite an excellent mnemonic device. — Rachel Caine
In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had certain characters behave… — Madeleine L'Engle
... 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
I just want you to know,' said the girl, coldly, 'that whoever you are and whatever you intend with me, I shall give you no… — Neil Gaiman
A true poet is more than just a man who can write a poem with a pen. A true poet writes poetry with his very… — Eric Ludy
Why on earth do you carry a mirror around with you?” “It's purely a defensive device. We seldom quarrel, and this is one of the… — Theodore Sturgeon
Why then you're as mad as me. No, madder. For I distrust 'reality' and its moron mother, the universe, while you fasten your innocence to… — Ray Bradbury
Then everyone leaves, and you are left, each night, to your own devices with a crowd of interesting people - most of whom you don't… — Anna Deavere Smith
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. “Judd,” she said, putting down her tools. “You… — Nalini Singh
The unrealistic nature of these tales (which narrowminded rationalists object to) is an important device, because it makes obvious that the fairy tales’ concern is… — Bruno Bettelheim
I need you," he said to her, this woman who'd fought for her own right to live her life free of limits, "to build me… — Nalini Singh
God can make a new beginning with people whenever God pleases, but not people with God. Therefore, people cannot make a new beginning at all;… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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
Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfriends. There was nothing to distract us from our human and… — Julian Barnes
There is a balance, a kind of standoff between the time continuum and the human entity, our frail bundle of soma and psyche. We eventually… — Don DeLillo
It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either… — H. L. Mencken
I detest imitation, I detest hackneyed devices. — Sergei Prokofiev
What are wanted ...are not Constitutions and Revolutions, nor all sorts of Conferences and Congresses, nor the many ingenious devices for submarine navigation and aerial… — Leo Tolstoy
In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell. — H. L. Mencken

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