"I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose……" — Diane Ackerman
"I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders."
—
Diane Ackerman
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
128 Quotes by Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman has 128 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood…
-
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of…
-
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at…
-
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
-
I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
-
Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
-
It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
-
Success produces success, just as money produces money.
-
We live on the leash of our senses.
-
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons…
-
Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.
-
Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
See all 128 quotes by Diane Ackerman »
More Blinders Quotes
This quote is filed under Blinders Quotes,
one of 35 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
The successful people seem to have blinders on. Everything is straight ahead. They go forward and know exactly what they're…
— Jack Nicklaus
-
At what point do [progressives] take off our partisan blinders and start wondering whether a very powerful faction of Democrats…
— David Sirota
-
I've always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from…
— Alyssa Milano
-
I raised you to be a thoroughbred. When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight ahead…
— Marlo Thomas
-
In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really…
— John Daido Loori
-
But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.
— Miriam Makeba
-
Had I not been told to look, I would have quite, ignorant of what was really there, because I had…
— Jay Maisel
-
But down the bagagge, take of the blinders, and see for yourself that this very place is the valley of…
— John Daido Loori
-
You invite judgment into your life every time you judge others. To avoid this invitation to negativity, it's best to…
— Yehuda Berg
-
I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few…
— Soledad O'Brien
-
Let us put away our blinders and answer the call to Joy.
— Rumi
-
The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness…
— Dani Shapiro
See all 35 Blinders Quotes »