#thing

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#books #hate #i #know #nothing

You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free, strife-free. ↗

— Gary Ross

#drain #dull #everything #flat #harmoniously

The desktop metaphor was invented because one, you were a stand-alone device, and two, you had to manage your own storage. That's a very big thing in a desktop world. And that may go away. You may not have to manage your own storage. You may not store much before too long. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#because #before #big #big thing #desktop

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. ↗

— Christina G. Rossetti

#begun #left #never #sadder #than

Anyone with a little computer experience knows that anything can be copied bit by bit with the right equipment. ↗

— Jon Johansen

#anything #bit #computer #copied #equipment

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#believe #cease #dumbfounded #i #never

The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon. ↗

— Elton John

#happen #i #many #ny times #seen

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#cautiously #default #failed #failing #impossible

Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#enough #got #nerve #possible #you

Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#definitely #dressing #i #man #something