Quote by James Gleick Download Open image ““Names are not the things they name. Classes are not coextensive with subclasses.”” — James Gleick ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Class is not defined by our circumstances - it is our reaction to those circumstances that defines who we are.” — Jordan Christy Copy Share Image
“All things are defined by names. Change the name, and you change the thing.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Names are not of nearly as much import as people like to suppose.” — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
“The wise do not classify. The wise do not want to be classified. Classifying people is not classy.” — Lisa Bevere Copy Share Image
“Naming can satisfy a need, it can shorten a conversation that otherwise might go on for hours.” — Nihad Sirees Copy Share Image
“A class system is something you use to discriminate against someone who looks like you.” — Reginald D Hunter Copy Share Image
“The only class I'm interested in, is the class of character, determined not by blood or money, but by intent and behavior.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“A name is a powerful thing. It sets one apart and gives significance.” — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
When the Lilliputians first saw Gulliver's watch, that "wonderful kind of engine...a globe, half silver and half of some transparent metal," they identified it… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
You know, entropy is associated thermodynamically, in systems involving heat, with disorder. And in an analogous way, information is associated with disorder, which seems… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“No one has even a definitive spelling for Cawdrey’s name (Cowdrey, Cawdry). But then, no one agreed on the spelling of most names: they… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“Where, then, is any particular gene—say, the gene for long legs in humans? This is a little like asking where is Beethoven’s Piano Sonata… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
Alphabetical order had to be invented to help people organize the first dictionaries. On the other hand, we may have reached a point where… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
A book is not necessarily made of paper. A book is not necessarily made to be read on a Kindle. A book is a… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“From this point of view, the laws of science represent data compression in action. A theoretical physicist acts like a very clever coding algorithm.… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
Children and scientists share an outlook on life. If I do this, what will happen? is both the motto of the child at play… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“Your body moves always in the present, the dividing line between the past and the future, but your mind is more free. It can… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
People worry about Twitter. Twitter is banal. It's 140-character messages. By definition, you can hardly say anything profound. On the other hand, we communicate.… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
