"When I see an old movie, like from the â€™40s or â€™50s or â€™60s, the people look so calm. They donâ€™t have smartphones, theyâ€™re not looking at computer screens, theyâ€™re taking their time. Theyâ€™ll sit in a chair and just stare off into space. I think some day weâ€™ll find our way back to that garden of Eden."

-- Rudy Rucker

#Garden Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Smartphones Quotes

“There's a song called 'The Lights of My Hometown' that goes back to me growing up a regular kid. I mean, I lived in a town that I loved, but was too small for the dreams I was dreaming. You leave thinking the world has a lot more to offer than your hometown, only to realize years down the road that no matter where you grow up, you will never be able to recreate the innocence and feeling of 'home' anywhere else in the world. No matter who you are, or where that little town is, that's something we all have in common.”
“We are comfortable with formulas, but the best happens when the formula doesn't work.”
“If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s.”
“I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one. And I believe it could be someday it's going to come.”

Source : Song: Peace Train, 1971
“There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.”
“It should soon be possible dramatically to increase the intelligence and life span of a few individuals [with the help of genetic engineering]. They and their offspring could become a master race. Evolution pays no regard to social justice. It was not fair on the Neanderthals they were replaced by modern humans.”
“The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.”
“Maybe they did what they had to do to live, and tried to get a little love and have a little fun before the darkness took them.”

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