"We'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure."

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Source : "In This 1995 Column, A Newsweek Writer Says Internet Hype Is 'Baloney'" by Nicholas Carlson, www.businessinsider.com. April 8, 2013.

Clifford Stoll

#Stupid Quotes #Book Quotes #People Quotes

“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'”
“Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory, that it speaks always the language of feeling.”
“A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.”
“We do not need the praises of a Homer, or of anyone else whose words may delight us for the moment, but the estimation of facts will fall short of what is really true.”
“My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.”

Source : William Rosenberg, Jessica Brilliant Keener (2001). “Time to Make the Donuts”, Lebhar-Friedman
“The creation of this new company supports Intel's intent to maintain its industry-leading position in nonvolatile memory and enables us to rapidly enter a fast-growing portion of the flash market segment,”
“There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before.”
“Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I do not love a person I am not moved to help him by proofs that he is in need; if I do love him, I wait for no proof of a special need to urge me to help him.”

Source : Roland Allen, David M. Paton (2012). “The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen”, p.35, The Lutterworth Press

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