Book Quote by Northrop Frye

“The book is the most technologically advanced invention in the history of humankind.”

— kambiz mostofizadeh

There are many machines throughout history that were built to do something better than a human can.

— Mark Zuckerberg

The novel, in its best form, I regard as one of the most powerful engines of civilization ever invented.

— John Herschel

By and large books are mankind's best invention.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

— H. L. Mencken

“Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make, provided that the machine is docile enough to tell us…

— Nick Bostrom

Man makes machines to man the machines that make the machines.

— Pete Townshend

All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks…

— Mark Kennedy

The book. The book...think about a book. What a perfect invention. The best and most important ever.

— Jann Arden

“We are looking at a society increasingly dependent on machines, yet decreasingly capable of making or even using them effectively.”

— Douglas Rushkoff

“This book comes from the reflections and experience of more than forty years spent in court. Aside from the practice of my profession, the…

— Clarence Darrow

“Our most important mechanical inventions are not machines that do what humans do better, but machines that can do things we can’t do at…

— Kevin Kelly