#steer

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#brought #computers #computing #confronted #control

I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend to continue doing that job. I intend to continue doing it to the absolute best of my ability. Part of that job has been to steer this country through the worst economic crisis the world has seen in 75 years. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#absolute #australia #been #best #by the people

We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water. ↗

— George Saunders

#bonus #character #clients #convey #deciding

The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born. ↗

— Hun Sen

#ensuring #generations #lasting #legacies #lessons

One must steer, not talk. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#steer #talk

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#brings #fortune #some #steered

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#about #course #give #happy #man

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#band #bare #bones #could #couple