"Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it."

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Source : Max Frisch (1994). “Homo Faber”, p.186, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Max Frisch

#Wisdom Quotes #Science Quotes #Technology Quotes

“I know the place. It is true. Everything we do Corrects the space Between death and me And you.”
“I viewed the station as a place, a terrain where I could put a new architecture in place. The station was, of course, an historic monument, but it does not deserve all the respect given it when it is said it is perfect, original and coherent expression of a past that we must revere. Orsay is basically a box.”
“Faith is only as good as the one in whom it's invested.”
“You okay?" Anton asks, looking at me like he's trying to figure out if I'm drunk. His plans depend on me. I look as blank as possible and hope that it freaks him out. No point in my being the only miserable one.”
“'The Devil in the Dark' impressed me because it presented the idea, unusual in science fiction then and now, that something weird, and even dangerous, need not be malevolent. That is a lesson that many of today's politicians have yet to learn.”
“Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.”
“Dogs are joiners; if they were guys, their idea of a good time would be to attend an Elks luncheon ...”

Source : Nicole Hollander (2000). “Everything Here Is Mine: An Unhelpful Guide to Cat Behavior”, Sourcebooks Hysteria
“I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This seems quite good, a bit familiar.' Then I realise... It's one of my movies. It's a pretty odd feeling.”

Source : "Alan Parker: 'I like the craziness of the film set'". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2013.

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