"As each wave of technology is released. It must be accompanied by a demand for new skills, new language. Consumers must constantly update their ways of thinking, always questioning their understanding of the world. Going back to old ways, old technology is forbidden. There in no past, no present, only an endless future of inadequacy"

-- Richard Kadrey

#Past Quotes #Technology Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Well, I think a handshake is something that honorable men do. Before we had contracts we had handshakes that expressed that we were making an arrangement that was based on our honor. And I don't think I can shake the hand of someone who shows and lacks honor by attacking a man's faith.”
“When I joined the UN War Crimes Tribunal, it was a realization of the dream of justice, that finally after Nuremberg, the UN is going to put the accused on trial again! And I still believe that accountability that eradicates impunity is very, very important for transforming the sordid culture of politics and power that we see in the world. But we need to be humble about the fact that justice will not bring back the dead.”
“For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and to lead a quiet and peaceable life.”

Source : Jonathan MAYHEW (1750). “A Discourse [on Rom. xiii. 1-8] concerning unlimited submission and non-resistance to the higher powers: with some reflections on the resistance made to King Charles I., and on the anniversary of his death, etc”, p.55
“How we learn has nothing to do with how brilliant we are.”

Source : "Q&A: Henry Winkler, children's book author". Interview with Jenniffer Weigel, articles.chicagotribune.com. February 23, 2014.
“I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.”
“Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.”
“To consider oneself different from ordinary men is wrong, but it is right to hope that one will not remain like ordinary men.”

Source : "Yoshida Shoin Zenshu" by Yoshida Shoin, vol. II, 1938.
“But remember, child, we may all have our own story and destiny, and sometimes our seemingly bad fortune, but we're all part of a greater story too. One that transcends the soil, the wind, time even our own tears. Greater stories will have their way.”

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