William Gibson Quotes

That's one of my favorite things about Twitter: You can tweak your feed into a fabulous novelty engine. That's only one thing you can do with it, but it's one of the things I find most entertaining about it.

William Gibson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 17, 1948

Topics

YouFindFabulousEngineThings

I consider descending chromatic lines and arpeggiated chords basic skills learned by any student of the guitar.

Jimmy Page

GuitarStudentSkillsLinesBasic

The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.

John Bruton

IntelligencePoolSituationCreating

Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.

John Grisham

PrisonYearGuyCostsMillionBucks

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

John Cleese

TruthMeIdeasBetterLaughYou

Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf.

John McCarthy

LoyaltyPeopleGenocideInstitution

For example, if the big bang had been one-part-in-a billion more powerful, it would have rushed out too fast for the galaxies to form and for life to begin.

Robert Lanza

LifePowerfulFastMoreBeginOut

That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

Steve Carlton

PastAgreeRetrospect

We are in perilous territory the stronger Iran gets. And they're getting stronger. We should make them weaker.

Ron Johnson

StrongerMakeTerritoryShouldIran

Will I switch to E-reading? I won't, mainly because I love the look and feel of books - particularly hardbacks. I love them enough to put up with the minor hassles of lugging them around and maneuvering them in my lap and having to set them aside while I eat my cheeseburger.

Mary Roach

LoveFeelEnoughLookWillEat

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

Jay Leno

MotherFamousYouHeardUntil

I have learned to not worry about things I can't control.

Jay Weatherill

ControlWorryI Have LearnedThings

I lived in England to learn English. When I went to England for the first time, it was like being on the Moon. I had no friends, I couldn't speak the language. I was very isolated.

Jean Alesi

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