#signs

I'm not really sure what I'd like to see people doing more of online, but what I'd like to see less of is the warning signs that not ratifying net neutrality is gonna cause two separate nets: one that the big dogs can afford to be on and the other a ghetto internet that no one goes on. Think FM vs AM radio, or cable vs broadcast TV. ↗

— Drew Curtis

#am #big #broadcast #cable #cause

Of everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges. They are more important than houses, more sacred than shrines. Belonging to everyone and being equal to everyone, useful, always built with a sense, on the spot where most human needs are crossing, they are more durable than other buildings and they do not serve for anything secret or bad. ↗

— Ivo Andrić

#equality

The hands really show signs of age. ↗

— Lela Rose

#hands #really #show #signs

There has been a most Providential Guidance which the want of prudence, vigilance, or judgement has not impeded, and it is here that we can most clearly see the designs of God. ↗

— Catherine McAuley

#clearly #designs #god #guidance #here

No state, furthermore, unless it has aggressive military designs such as those which consumed Nazi leaders in the thirties, is likely to divert to defense any more of its resources and wealth and energy than seems necessary. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#any #consumed #defense #designs #divert

If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is part of the popular culture that advertisements are silly. ↗

— Michael Schudson

#bow #culture #equally #find #gods

I remind myself that not everything is a sign, that some things simply are what they appear to be and should not be analyzed, deconstructed, or forced to bear the burden of metaphor, symbol, omen, or portent. ↗

— Diane Schoemperlen

#faith

...Our conversation with the supermarket manager had been about as helpful as a New Jersey road sign, and if you've ever been there, you know the signs don't tell you the exit you're coming up to, they only point out the exits you've just missed. It puts parents in very foul moods--and since you're probably there to visit relatives, their mood was pretty touch and go to begin with. ↗

— Neal Shusterman

#helpfulness #humor #road-signs #travel #family

A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests. ↗

— Criss Jami

#conscious #control #controlled #effort #envy

Может это предзнаменование? Кто знает? В le bon vieux temps , когда мы весело катались по прошлогоднему снегу, предзнаменование не расставалось с прилагательным и было зловещим. Падающая звезда, прочертившая траекторию на бархате небес, полярная сова, всю ночь сидевшая на ветке треклятого дуба, банальный вой волков на кладбище - не всегда можно было догадаться, что они предвещают, но было чертовски ясно, что это знамения. Теперь падающая звезда - это лишь сигнальная ракета, выпущенная по соседству, полярную сову можно увидеть лишь в клетке, а волку приходится заново учиться выть, прежде чем его выпустят в дикую природу. Предзнаменование беды? В этом царстве, где все измельчало, разбитое зеркало предвещает лишь досадный визит в магазин Джона Льюиса за новым. Что поделать. Наши знаки и знамения становятся более локальными, а разница между предвестником и тем, что он предвещает, сходит на нет. Вы вступили в собачье дерьмо - это и предостережение, и бедствие одновременно. Автобус сломался, мобильник не работает. Дерево срубили. Возможно это означает только то, что означает. Что поделать. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#love