Environments Quotes

166 quotes by 144 authors

I think there are two aspects to smart environments. One is information embedded in places and things. The other is location awareness, so that devices… — Howard Rheingold
Let's set the existence-of-God issue aside for a later volume, and just stipulate that in some way, self-replicating organisms came into existence on this planet… — Neal Stephenson
The lives of individuals of the human race form a constant plot, in which every attempt to isolate one piece of living that has a… — Italo Calvino
History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves — Jared Diamond
I don't think I could ever work in such a blatantly hierarchical corporate setting. I know that everyone in this world is not equal, but… — Peter Cameron
The world is a place where the extraordinary can sit just beside the ordinary with the thinnest of boundaries; that even in environments inhospitable to… — Jodi Picoult
It's not that there is no small talk...It's that it comes not at the beginning of conversations but at the end...Sensitive people...'enjoy small talk only… — Susan Cain
Do you think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations. Others' expectations of us or our expectations.… — Wes Moore
As she stood down below him on the street,it seemed impossible that she'd connected with him as she had,but then,the phone was virtual relating,one step… — J R Ward
Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion… — Susan Cain
We often marvel at how introverted, geeky, kid 'blossom' into secure and happy adults. We liken it to a metamorphosis. However, maybe it's not the… — Susan Cain
We are an industry that has historically been at the forefront of defining new media environments in ways that benefit consumers and move our entire… — Jim Stengel
Marxists are more right than wrong when they argue that the problems scientists take up,. the way they go about solving them, and even the… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
People who are making it to 100 live in environments where they are regularly nudged into physical activity. — Dan Buettner
I was raised in unique and trying environments, but they were also amazing platforms for me to have an extraordinary life. Going through hell as… — Drew Barrymore
Writing in certain environments carries with it an occupational risk. — Wole Soyinka
I am actually extremely casual in certain environments. But one of the reasons I like living in London, I like the formality of it, as… — Tom Ford
What is clear is that business leaders must commit to champion change - to be transparent about their goals for change, to align their incentives… — Beth Brooke
As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them… — Henry Rollins
Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition: The euphoric, emerging… — Henry Rollins

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