Devices Quotes
I absolutely hate technology, and I'm computer illiterate, and I never use any labor-saving devices although I'm not convinced that a computer is a labor-saving device.
In writing, the connection between storyteller and audience is just as important. By using some subtle devices, a narrator can reach out to the reader and say, 'We’re in this together.'
We're all simultaneously separated and connected by our devices, staring into our little screens, and also hungry for experience and community.
As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with M.A.s in postmodernism and chaos theory.
When digital culture first came along, it was supposed to create more time, by allowing us to shift time around. Somehow instead we've strapped devices to ourselves that ping us all the time.
The iPod made music mobile, but today, how many devices do you need to walk around with? You want it on just one. And inevitably that's going to be the phone.
We have reached a point today where labor-saving devices are good only when they do not throw the worker out of his job.
Mobile phones are one of the most insecure devices that were ever available, so they're very easy to trace; they're very easy to tap.
Governments of all stripes want to deliver growth and rebalance their economies now that they have learned the hard way that, left to their own devices, markets pick expensive banking losers.
Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time.
When people are using their devices, it's probable that almost half are networking on social media.
Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.
Courses can, and should, incorporate the excitement and fun of programming games, apps or even real digital devices.
One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in Washington, D.C., is we've got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a-a cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone.
Left to its own devices, the State Department machinery tends toward inertia rather than creativity; it is always on the verge of turning itself into an enormous cable machine.
The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.
People are moving faster - you can see that in the streets. Partly that's because of the electronic devices, which encourage this.
We all love privacy. We all care about public safety. And none of - at least people that I hang around with, none of us want back doors. We don't want access to devices built-in in some way.
If airline seat cushions are such great flotation devices, why don't you ever see anyone take one to the beach?
The world may not be getting better and better, but our devices are getting newer and newer.
The myth that holds that the great corporation is the puppet of the market, the powerless servant of the consumer, is, in fact one of the devices by which its power is perpetuated.
How oft, in nations gone corrupt, And by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before strenuous liberty.
The military should get rid of video gambling devices on nearly 100 overseas bases and posts
Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone elses perspective.
As consumer adoption of wireless devices continues to soar, Wi-Fi congestion is becoming a critical problem for consumers and innovators.
So,high heels weren't a modern invention. I couldn't believe women had been putting up with these torture devices for centuries.
Apple is happy to allow users more control over their devices as long as it also happens to benefit Apple. If it doesn't, then tough.
Technical devices or processes which receive intensified investment during cold or hot wars spread through societies contagiously once their monopoly by the state has been undermined.
Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.
When you're in prison, and we're left to our own devices, you're stripped of everything, and you really get to see who these people are, the good and the bad.
Communism prevents organizations from developing by stopping the flow of information. The system is based on police and listening devices and triggers the worst characteristics in humans.
It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.
The Mesh difference is that with GPS-enabled mobile Web devices and social networks, physical goods are now easily located in space and time.
Our ever-present mobile devices provide the immediate and convenient information necessary to make sharing things truly irresistible.
Instapaper wouldn't be of as much value if it weren't for these mobile and e-reader devices. They give you a separate physical context for reading.
I think people try to jam a lot of artificial plot devices into a lot of romantic comedies, and they don't treat it with the respect I believe it deserves.
Can we ever break free of the devices and desires of our own hearts? Might not our conscience be telling us what we most want to hear?
It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions.
Whatever kind of device or barrier or policy to secure the border, that's necessary to secure the border, then do it.
I have used Lenovo since I wrote my first novel. My old laptop broke, so I bought a new one, but still a Lenovo. It is one of my most essential devices.
Our souls are evolving towards becoming the one. That's what we're doing and we're using our incarnations as teaching devices.
I'm carrying an iPhone 5. I like this device. It's been impressive. I have a Windows and an Android device... I carry an iPad. I carry a Kindle... Yeah, I have a lot of devices.