"Abolishing the book is like abolishing the symphony, or sonata form, or the sonnet, or the wall painting."

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Source : Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

David Gelernter

#Wall Quotes #Book Quotes #Symphony Quotes

“You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be what you were, - diligent, modest, active, simple in his tastes, fertile in resources. You have put him under quite a different master. Poverty educated you; wealth will educate him. You cannot suppose the result will be the same.”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld (2001). “Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.384, Broadview Press
“Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.”
“If you're a teacher you have to teach the curriculum, all that stuff, you have to teach morals, you have to teach values, and you have to teach, all-importantly, self-control. Because a lot of kids don't have it.”

Source : The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. September 19, 2012.
“When I started off in DC, you didn't get viral first. You got funny first.”
“In 900 years of time and space, I've never met anyone who wasn't important”
“Just as the telescope and microscope show us that there is order and design in all the works of Godâ€™s hand, from the greatest planet down to the least insect, so does the Bible teach us that there is wisdom, order and design in all the events of our daily life. There is no such thing as 'chance', 'luck', or 'accident' in the Christian journey through this world. All is arranged and appointed by God: and all things are 'working together' for the believerâ€™s good.”
“Traveling really inspires me, seeing other cities and going on tour. If you've got fans online, it's hard to remember those people are real people.”
“America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs.”

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