"Go to the bookstore and look at how many bookshelves are filled with books trying to explain how to work the devices. We don't see shelves of books on how to use television sets, telephones, refrigerators or washing machines. Why should we for computer-based applications?"

-- Donald A. Norman

#Book Quotes #Trying Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.”
“I had extra thick light sabers because mine kept getting bent. I'd be halfway through a fight and it would be like 'Oops, sorry! Mine's bent again!”
“One is apt to overestimate beauty when it is rare”
“The love of gain never made a painter; but it has marred many.”
“Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.”
“The part of the brain most affected by early stress is the prefrontal cortex, which is critical in self-regulatory activities of all kinds, both emotional and cognitive. As a result, children who grow up in stressful environments generally find it harder to concentrate, harder to sit still, harder to rebound from disappointments, and harder to follow directions. And that has a direct effect on their performance in school.”

Source : "How Children Succeed". Book by Paul Tough, January 25, 2013.
“By doubting we are led to enquire, and by enquiry weÂ perceiveÂ the truth.”
“I'm terrible at posting regularly; I don't deserve the blog success!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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