Technical Quotes
638 quotes by 568 authors
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The technocrat is the natural friend of the dictator—computers and dictatorship; but the revolutionary lives in the gap which separates technical progress from social totality,…
— Gilles Deleuze
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Sorry. I have technical difficulties making it through a room without bumping into something. Thank God my clumsiness is only restricted to the ground. I’d…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Technical advisor. Since you know our enemies so well, we’re going to pick your brain. (Jericho) I’ll tell you what you want to know. There's…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Remind me again what's wrong with Dave Matthews?" "Basically everything, except technical proficiency," Walter said. "Right." "But maybe especially the banality of the lyrics. 'Gotta…
— Jonathan Franzen
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a samurai is a total human being, whereas a man who is completely absorbed in his technical skill has degenerated into a ‘function’, one cog…
— Yukio Mishima
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I can't believe you jokers fixed it." Hi was picking his way down to the beach. "Believe it, clown. Too much brain power here to…
— Kathy Reichs
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Lord Maccon asked meekly, shifting against her in a manner that ensured she realized the nibbling had affected his outsides just as much as her…
— Gail Carriger
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There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is…
— S.M. Stirling
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Writing is not just the technical act of your fingers on the keyboard. Writing is living.
— Melissa Marr
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I was suddenly struck by how dissimilar we were. It occurred to me that if Grace and I were objects, she would be an elaborate…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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We imagined ourselves as the Sons of Liberty with a mission to preserve, protect, and project the revolutionary spirit of rock and roll. We feared…
— Patti Smith
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But the main point is that he still had swimmers in his sacks.†“Excuse me?†“You know, luv. Sperm, if you want to be all…
— Jeaniene Frost
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Ah, no, deployment was delayed after you left. Technical difficulties.†“Oh?†“Yes, it was technically difficult to leave a heartbroken Alpha.
— Gail Carriger
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...but anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness...
— Christopher Paolini
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I am aware of the technical distinction between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’, and between ‘uninterested’ and ‘disinterested’ and ‘infer’ and ‘imply’, but none of these are…
— Stephen Fry
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If we want to grow as teachers -- we must do something alien to academic culture: we must talk to each other about our inner…
— Parker J. Palmer
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Look... we're getting to be old men, and we've spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one another's systems. I can see through Eastern…
— John le Carre
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We all have tremendous potential, and we all are blessed with gifts. Yet, the one thing that holds all of us back is some degree…
— Robert Kiyosaki
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All great fighting is the same, Eragon, even as all great warriors are the same. Past a certain point, it does not matter whether you…
— Christopher Paolini
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Colonel Otto, do you have a, perhaps, fuller and more detailed account than your preliminary one of why my Imperial Security building is now largely…
— Lois McMaster Bujold
Who Wrote These Technical Quotes
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