"In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death."

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Source : Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry (2003). “Infinite Tropics: An Alfred Russel Wallace Anthology”, p.225, Verso

Alfred Russel Wallace

#Space Quotes #Life And Death Quotes #Solitude Quotes

“I have this ratio that if you divide age of entrepreneur by market cap of company. For Facebook it's one. Every year of his life Zuckerberg has been making $1 billion for investors.”
“A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding.”

Source : 1984 Neuromancer. This is the first recorded use of the term 'cyberspace'.
“When you play the oboe, the flute or other wind instruments, there is something between you and the breath; there is the embouchure, the reed, etc. But with the recorder, I receive an immediate response from the instrument. This is something that attracted me to the instrument, that I could immediately feel the response of what I was doing.”
“Certainty becomes you.”

Source : Tessa Dare (2012). “A Week to Be Wicked”, p.18, Harper Collins
“I do get labeled as a guitar band, but the only reason is that's the instrument I know how to play. The guitar is serving the song I'm writing. But I'm learning how to play keyboard better now so that'll start serving the song as well; it'll be another flavor. I'm not going to switch it up with big, fat drum machine beats and real swoopy synths, but yeah...”
“Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.”

Source : Song: Packard Goose
“Call it crazy, or just chicken salad.”
“A man with no imaginations has no wings.”

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