"True, the name of the product wasn't so great. Kindle? It was cute and sinister at the same time - worse than Edsel, or Probe, or Microsoft's Bob. But one forgives a bad name. One even comes to be fond of a bad name, if the product itself is delightful."

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Source : Nicholson Baker (2012). “The Way the World Works”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

Nicholson Baker

#Cute Quotes #Names Quotes #Forgiving Quotes

“I'd come to believe there was no food more depressing than Danish, a pastry that seemed stale upon arrival”
“Keep up your patient's spirits by music of viols and ten-stringed psaltery, or by forged letters describing the death of his enemies, or by telling him he has been elected to a bishopric, if a churchman.”

Source : Chirurgie
“I know that whenever a group of women are gathered together, the grandmother always makes a phantom appearance, hovering above them.”
“Quality combines people power and process power.”
“After the accident Black Sheep was pretty much at an end.”
“From a reality perspective, I'm sure part of that is true, but this is the largest blackout in U.S. history. If that is not a signal that we have got a problem that needs to be fixed, I don't know what is.”
“My time of martial arts was traditional.”
“It doesn't matter what I say as long as I sound different from other politicians.”

Source : Oakland Tribune, September 06, 2005.

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