#ages

I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#attribute #entirely #i #men #middle

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#better #carries #countries #enjoy #fortune

You look at the large problems that we face - that would be overpopulation, water shortages, global warming and AIDS, I suppose - all of that needs international cooperation to be solved. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#cooperation #face #global #global warming #i

The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages. ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#aid #clauses #dominance #effort #end

Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#community #course #faith #invaded #marriages

People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#find #happens #keep #out #pages

The desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop market has entered the dark ages, and it's going to be in the dark ages for the next 10 years, or certainly for the rest of this decade. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#apple #ceased #certainly #computer #computer industry

The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people - as remarkable as the telephone. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#breakthrough #buy #communications #compelling #computer

The manual for WordStar, the most popular word-processing program, is 400 pages thick. To write a novel, you have to read a novel - one that reads like a mystery to most people. They're not going to learn slash q-z any more than they're going to learn Morse code. That is what Macintosh is all about. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#any #code #going #learn #like

As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#archeological #digging #digs #experience #go