Bible Quote by Jay Moore

“I quickly realized that the press was a double-edged sword because of what instantly became the world’s most popular book: it was the Bible.…

— Kenneth C. Johnson

“What these critics forget is that printing presses in themselves provide no guarantee of an enlightened outcome. People, not machines, made the Renaissance. The…

— Jaron Lanier

If you think about it, the printing press allowed everyone to print books - it democratised the printing of information. For the first time,…

— Neri Oxman

The roots of copyright lie in censorship. It was easy for state and church to control thought by controlling the scribes, but then the…

— Stephan Kinsella

The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.

— Ha-Joon Chang

Before Gutenberg, there was this really very strong oral storytelling culture where being able to relay stories from person to person was sufficient. And…

— Khoi Vinh

The coming of the motion picture was as important as that of the printing press.

— William Randolph Hearst

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

— E. F. Schumacher

“The invention of print, however, made it easier to manipulate public opinion, and the film and the radio carried the process further.”

— George Orwell

Press is basically a created story. It's all just stories.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“The invention of print, however, made it easier to manipulate public opinion, and the film and the radio carried the process further. With the…

— George Orwell

As a culture moves from orality to writing to printing to televising, its ideas of truth move with it.

— Neil Postman