#ow

Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#build #cube #entire #entire world #exists

One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#creates #discomfort #entire #facing #fundamental

The first approximation in this future that we're looking at is that everyone will be physically well off. They will have a great abundance in material goods, and I think that will soften some of the conflicts we see now. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#approximation #conflicts #everyone #first #future

The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, and at some point it was inevitable that we would develop a technology that would let us do this. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#arrange #atom #develop #even #inevitable

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#also #always #brought #christmas #couple

I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#am #angry #become #care #i

I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#attend #few #i #just #me

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cole porter #enough #first #five #george

When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#asked #business #haven #how #i

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. ↗

— James Merrill

#astonishing #become #external #five #his