James Gleick Quotes

Memes can be visual. Our image of George Washington is a meme. We don't actually have any idea what George Washington looked like. There are so many different portraits of him, and they're all different. But we have an image in our head, and that image is propagated from one place to another, from one person to another.

James Gleick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 1, 1954

Topics

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If people want to find things, they find them themselves.

Jimmy Page

PeopleFindWantThingsThemselves

The book that is the closest genetically to 'Goon Squad' is 'Look at Me.' It has the futuristic element - although, freakishly, almost every aspect I invented has come to pass in some way, including the terrorist who fantasies about blowing up the World Trade Centre. That was extremely uncomfortable. The book came out on the week of 9/11.

Jennifer Egan

MeWorldBookUncomfortableLook

I was crashing with a boyfriend on his couch in Fort Green. At first, I was temping - insurance agencies, nonprofits - and then, in between temping, I was going on job interviews, and I could name 12 publications, some of which no longer exist, that didn't even call me back or interviewed me and had no interest.

Amy Chozick

JobMeGreenNameInsuranceBack

My dad doesn't watch 'Coronation Street.' But my mum is a massive fan. I'd like to think my dad will watch it for a few token episodes, as I'm in it.

Rob James-Collier

ThinkStreetWillWatchLikeFan

Economics as currently presented in textbooks and taught in the classroom does not have much to do with business management, and still less with entrepreneurship.

Ronald Coase

BusinessEconomicsManagementStill

Playing around with other people's husbands when you were 17 was bad news. Yes, I was a very naughty girl.

Mary Beard

GirlPeopleYouBadNewsNaughty

There are few places in my life that I've found more ruggedly beautiful than the Highlands of Scotland. The place is magical - it's so far north, so remote, that sometimes it feels like you've left this world and gone to another.

Julia London

LifeBeautifulWorldMy LifeYou

Nobody is perfect, but life is about choices.

LL Cool J

LifeChoicesPerfectNobodyAbout

There's hip-hop music in 'Power,' but the show is not about the hip-hop industry.

Courtney A. Kemp

MusicPowerHip-HopIndustryShow

I was a dedicated, boring student. The last thing I wanted was to be a comedienne.

Anne Meara

StudentBoringLastWantedDedicated

I believe that it is our human right to be parents and women. And there's no contradiction between feminism, which means women should have all that they are entitled to, all that they can do, all the opportunities that they can take advantage of they should have.

Anne Roiphe

WomenParentsBelieveOpportunities

We need economic growth, yes, but growth can be jobless, so a sustainable development framework for employment must include a job creation strategy.

Sharan Burrow

GrowthJobStrategyCreationNeed

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