Manual Quotes

168 Manual quotes by 159 unique authors

The only true and effective "operator's manual for spaceship earth" is not a book that any human will ever write; it is hundreds of thousands… — Wendell Berry
Rarely is it possible to study all of the instructions to a game before beginning to play, or to memorize the manual before turning on… — Mary Catherine Bateson
I knew of no instruction manual for reaching a higher level of humanity and a greater wisdom. But I felt intuitively that laughter was the… — Ingrid Betancourt
Life doesn't come with an instruction manual. — Scott Westerfeld
Some readers read a book as if it were an instruction manual, expecting to understand everything first time, but of course when you write, you… — Hilary Mantel
It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we'd read about it in a manual, translated… — Aimee Bender
Do you see these hands?" Jo said, holding them up. "These were made for caressing handsome men and meant to be adorned with pretty nails… — Nicholas Sparks
No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I'm not telling you… — Paulo Coelho
Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination. — Ishmael Reed
Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria - anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor. — W. P. Kinsella
Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator… — Oprah Winfrey
We are stuck with technology when all we really want is just stuff that works. How do you recognize something that is still technology? A… — Douglas Adams
As an independent person, I find it difficult being dependent for everything, for even my food and medicine, to the prison authorities. I have had… — Asif Ali Zardari
I was a manual labourer. I figured out really early on that the value of my life could be determined by my hourly rate as… — Cliff Curtis
Every successful business, even Google, Facebook, Twitter, started with a combination of manual improvements and friends of the founders using the site. — James Altucher
Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by the diagnostic manual.… — Siri Hustvedt
I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching. — Fabiola Gianotti
Everything from airplanes to kitchen blenders and even chopsticks comes with an instruction manual. Children, despite all their complexity, do not. — Lawrence Kutner
One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. — Terry Pratchett
Well you know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button. — Dan Castellaneta
We are teenagers. We don't have a manual or a written guide that tells us how to fall in love. We don't even have experience… — Superman
Love happens automatically....Manual working of it is called Flirting... — Nikkie Mae
Life doesn't come with a manual, but it brings you choices in front of you, choose wisely. — Byaombe Salome
Life doesn't come with an instruction manual, for a reason because no one actually knows what life can or can't be we cant pin point… — Jesse Berridge
There's no real instruction manual to relationships. You'll figure it out as long as you are willing to learn from each other from each other. — Kemmy Nola

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159 authors contributed a total of 168 Manual Quotes, led by these top contributors: