#ff

The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself. ↗

— Howard Aiken

#arithmetical #computations #desire #economize #effort

The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#buying #consumer #different #experience #fundamentally

What I wanted to do and what I needed to do was something entirely different, and through reading Roussel I learned that I could do what I wanted all on my own and that I didn't have to rely on what had actually happened in my somewhat limited life and reading. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#could #different #entirely #had #happened

I like real problems, the human condition - twisted, darker stuff. ↗

— Drea De Matteo

#darker #human #human condition #i #like

Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#always #being #communication #effective #proper

Micing it from two different angles in front of the speaker sounds huge, and it's so simple. ↗

— Daisy Berkowitz

#different #different angles #front #huge #simple

Once in a while you start having second thoughts, then you read a letter from someone that lifts your spirits so much - it really makes a huge difference. I love reading them. ↗

— Corbin Bleu

#having #huge #huge difference #i #i love

I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while I was there. Yet they did, and their report to the court advises all the changes made that I had proposed. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#after #been #changes #court #did

I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sort of biologist working in the field in Africa or something. ↗

— Callan McAuliffe

#affiliation #africa #always #biologist #field

What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the public. They strip the labels off miracle wheat when they ship it, for instance, and say, 'Watch out. Don't plant too much and don't depend on it too much.' ↗

— David R. Brower

#doing #even #hide #instance #labels