"Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining."

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Source : "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners". Book by Geoff Tibballs (p. 128), 2004.

Jef Raskin

#Time Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Technology Quotes

“The child is small, and he includes the man; the brain is narrow, and it harbours thought; the eye is but a point, and it covers leagues”

Source : Alexandre Dumas fils (2004). “Camille”, p.25, Penguin
“The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique.”
“It is perhaps beside the point to remark that bowling alleys and supermarkets have nursery facilities, while schools and colleges and scientific laboratories and government offices do not.”
“Come on fathers, don't hesitate, send them off before it's too late. Be the first one on the block to have your boy come home in a box.”
“Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.”
“My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.”
“I'm able to draw outside my own personal experiences. No one wants to hear the song about what I really did today, which is go get coffee and clean my apartment.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity.”

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