#w

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#always #best #greatest #live #most

But if we can manage it so people don't have things forced on them that they don't want, I think there's every reason to believe things can settle out in a situation that is recognizably better than the one we're stuck in today. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#better #every #forced #i #i think

In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#after #breakthrough #important #leads #like

It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#cases #depend #easier #follow #harder

I've actually considered going with my married name, Julia Hall, but all the paperwork. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#considered #going #hall #i #julia

The other advantage is that in conventional manufacturing processes, it takes a long time for a factory to produce an amount of product equal to its own weight. With molecular machines, the time required would be something more like a minute. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#amount #conventional #equal #factory #like

The future has a way of arriving unannounced. ↗

— George Will

#arriving #future #way

If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#best #best way #community #difference #empowering

And Seinfeld is so quick: we crank out one show a week, and the hours are very reasonable. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#hours #out #quick #reasonable #seinfeld

As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#appeals #because #behavioral #i #i love