Devices Quotes

644 Devices quotes by 514 unique authors

Philosophy is antipoetic. Philosophize about mankind and you brush aside individual uniqueness, which a poet cannot do without self-damage. Unless, for a start, he has… — Robert Graves
The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such… — James Madison
The museums of medieval Europe, from Holland to Tuscany, are crammed with instruments and devices upon which the holy men labored devoutly, in order to… — Christopher Hitchens
It is as if evolution has built a safety device in our nervous system that allows us to experience full happiness only when we are… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The vision is that people should have the ultimate in convenience. Being able to get the things they care about on the appropriate device. — Bill Gates
At one point consciousness-altering devices like the microscope and telescope were criminalized for exactly the same reasons that psychedelic plants were banned in later years.… — Timothy Leary
We called the new [fourth] quark the "charmed quark" because we were pleased, and fascinated by the symmetry it brought to the subnuclear world. "Charm"… — Sheldon Lee Glashow
In the process of natural selection, then, any device that can insert a higher proportion of certain genes into subsequent generations will come to characterize… — E. O. Wilson
Josh Billings said, It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. Human beings have always employed… — John W. Gardner
The plain message physical science has for the world at large is this, that were our political and social and moral devices only as well… — George Herbert
Google has placed its faith in data, while Apple worships the power of design. This dichotomy made the two companies complementary. Apple would ship the… — Ben Parr
While technology efficiently delivers news stories to our desktops, laptops and mobile devices, magazines are all about context - how ideas and images are presented… — Stefano Tonchi
Nanoengineering is learning how to make devices as small as 10 to 100 atoms in width. Much of the work is going on in the… — George M. Whitesides
Our technologised society is becoming opaque. As technology becomes more ubiquitous and our relationship with digital devices ever more seamless, our technical infrastructure seems to… — Honor Harger
Truth is, people like buying things for $0.99 and $1.99 for their digital devices. We know that from iTunes. We know that from the app… — Jennifer Lee
Our company has been very forward-thinking about digital technology and the opportunity that it gives us. As we move into a world where we have… — Anne Sweeney
I think reconceptualizing Microsoft as a devices and services company is absolutely what our vision is all about. Office 365 and Azure on the services… — Satya Nadella
Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this… — Steven Pinker
Energy, health care and education are just three examples of areas in which information and information management are critically important. How are we using our… — Vint Cerf
What happens with smaller businesses is that they give in to the misconception that their site is secure because the system administrator deployed standard security… — Kevin Mitnick
It is easy to predict that some of the discoveries of research directed towards Grand Challenges - but only the most unexpected ones, and at… — Tony Hoare
When the Transportation Security Administration adopted body scanners at airports, activists wrote the Fourth Amendment on their underwear in metallic paint readable by the new… — Dana Priest
I am impressed with the innovation in the wireless marketplace. The Blackberry, the iPhone, the Pre, and other smart devices are breakthrough technologies that have… — Julius Genachowski
Today, medical devices such as catheters and stethoscopes use silver, and every hospital in the western world uses silver sulfadiazine to prevent infections. — Robert Kiyosaki
I was creating commitment devices of my own long before I knew what they were. So when I was a starving post-doc at Columbia University,… — Daniel Goldstein

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