Teenagers would rather text than talk. They feel calls would reveal too much.

Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are.

We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.

What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you.

The feeling that 'no one is listening to me' make us want to spend time with machines that seem to care about us.

People are lonely. The network is seductive. But if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the rewards of solitude.

What technology makes easy is not always what nurtures the human spirit.

Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. We sacrifice conversation for mere connection.

Everyone is always having their attention divided between the world of the people [they're] with and this other reality.

Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.

Not every advance is progress. Not every new thing is better for us humanly.

Charity followed the pirate. To salvation or to hell, she would soon find out.

Let your need draw you closer to your Creator.

Through my sudden tears, the train lights smeared like shooting stars. Lying before the rippling blue window, below the slurred lights of the world above, it was as if we were underwater.

If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.

In a start-up society, huge sums can fall on innocent parties, almost by accident .

The blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way.

Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.

The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.

Just look at the world around you, right here on the ocean floor. Such wonderful things surround you. What else are you looking for? Its all under the sea

A fretful fancy is constantly flinging its possessor into gratuitous tophets.