Quotes
Authors
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
"When it comes to scientific matters the ready talkers simply run riot. There are a lot of pseudo-scientists who with a little technical jargon to spatter through their talk are always getting in the limelight. … The less they know the surer they are about it." --
Source : "ELECTRICITY WILL KEEP THE WORLD FROM FREEZING UP; Noted Expert, Dr. C.P. Steinmetz, Talks of the Future Wonders of Scientific Discovery and Ridicules Many Prophecies". The New York Times Interview, www.nytimes.com. November 12, 1911.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
#Running Quotes
#Riot Quotes
“For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.”
Source : Diane Arbus (2003). “Diane Arbus: revelations”, Random House (NY)
“The mistake that people made around 2000 with the emergence of the web was that they thought that people would not read long-form on a screen. Following from that idea, they quit doing long-form on screens. It got shorter and shorter, and then came cats toying with flowers and all of those clichés, but it was wrong. People will read long-form on a device if they want to read long-form.”
“In true prose everything must be underlined.”
“I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”
“There's just so much negative media surrounding professional athletes or sports in general, whether it's kids that are pressured too much or professional athletes making mistakes that influence their family.”
Source : "Before Being An NBA Superstar, LeBron Was Just 'Bron'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. October 14, 2009.
“Love / Through all the ups and downs the joys and hurts / Love / For better or worse I still will choose you first”
“I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet.”
“One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.”
