"We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot."

-- Rachel Corrie

#Threat Quotes #Please Quotes

“The next time you're caught in a room full of smart people doing something dumb (like trying to anticipate what your users will do), tune them out, flip open your laptop, and start prototyping.”
“Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it.”
“The process of making a movie has expanded in terms of effort and time for the director, doing commentaries for the DVD for example, finishing deleted scenes so they could be on the DVD, and doing things like a web blog.”
“People don't think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information comes along for the ride.”

Source : Jonah Berger (2016). “Contagious: Why Things Catch On”, p.181, Simon and Schuster
“Phones with numerical keypads worked best for dialing phone calls. Incidentally, phone calls tend to be the primary function of a phone. 'Smartphones' completely ignore these basic facts, resulting in some of the least intelligent devices I've seen yet. Oh the irony.”
“The World we all share is given to us in trust. Every choice we make regarding the earth, air, and water around us should be made with the objective of preserving it for all generations to come.”
“Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.”

Source : "Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos" edited by Carlos Ripoll, 1994.
“It is death that is the guide of our life, and our life has no goal but death.”

Source : Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “The Treasure of the Humble: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.18, 谷月社

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