"A mind that is very selective to forms... is apt to use its images metaphorically, to exploit their possible significance for the conception of remote or intangible ideas."

-- Susanne Katherina Langer

#Ideas Quotes #Mind Quotes #Use Quotes

“Software engineering is the establishment and use of sound engineering principles to obtain economically software that is reliable and works on real machines efficiently.”

Source : "Software Engineering" by Friedrich L. Bauer in "Information Processing: Proceedings of the IFIP Congress, 1971" (p. 71), 1972.
“They remember me as this shy girl sitting under the table. But they obviously didn't know what was going on in my head.”
“Sexuality is pushed back more and more and people try to replace what they've lost with other forms of excitement.”
“I never stopped thinking about the Alamo from that day to this. I'm a huge collector of memorabilia. I've got Davy Crockett's bullet pouch. I've got Colonel Travis's belt.”
“The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised - to notice that there is something funny going on.”

Source : David Gelernter (2010). “The Muse in the Machine: Computerizing the Poetry of Human Thought”, p.96, Simon and Schuster
“All governments are, to a certain extent, a treaty with the Devil.”
“There's nothing more fun than feeling frequencies and learning about equipment - everybody should do that. But if you're going to put your heart into an album and you want to give it to the world and add to the conversation, I think it's really important to take your time.”
“Every person has a signature. Just some people don't know it yet.”

Source : "From England, Fashion's Latest Darling" by Bee -Shuyang Chang, www.nytimes.com. January 09, 2013.

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