"The computer has evolved into a partner, a tool, and an environment--not just in science fiction, but in the public consciousness as well. Computers are no longer malevolent iron brains that manufacture tyrannical and oppressive answers; they are not a way to think, they are a place from which to think. The computer is an environment in which answers can be sought, created, manipulated and developed."

-- David Gerrold

#Thinking Quotes #Iron Quotes #Brain Quotes

“His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him. In seventeen years no one has said my name like that”
“Individualism? Narcissism? Of course. It is my strongest tendency, the only intentional constancy [fidelity] I am capable of.... Besides, I am lying; I scatter myself too much for that.”
“We are permitted to suppose that the relatively small size of the female brain depends in part upon her physical inferiority and in part upon her intellectual inferiority.”
“We have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else.”

Source : "Ethics, Enterprise, and the Multinational Corporation". Religion & Liberty Interview, acton.org. July 20, 2010.
“Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.”
“That God has managed to survive the inanities of the religions that do Him homage is truly a miraculous proof of His existence.”

Source : Ben Hecht (1954). “A child of the century”, Signet
“The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death.”
“How strange, when your father's wearing women's clothes and platform shoes, that a pair of loafers looks incredible.”

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