James Gleick Quotes

As soon as the printing press started flooding Europe with books, people were complaining that there were too many books and that it was going to change philosophy and the course of human thought in ways that wouldn't necessarily be good.

James Gleick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'm a natural born fighter, so this is what I do, and it's normal. It's natural. It's what I've always done as a martial artist, and as a martial artist, it's what I always wanted to do - test myself and always fighting. It's what I'm meant to do.

Anderson Silva

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Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.

John Lydon

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Why can't Google, which likes to see itself as a 'Don't Be Evil' benevolent force in society, just write us a big check for using our stories, so we can keep checks and balances alive and continue to provide the search engine with our stories?

Maureen Dowd

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I think maybe one reason why ventriloquists are looked down on is because it's very difficult to be funny. I think what happens is that people get a dummy, they learn the technique of ventriloquism, they memorize the script, they think they're in show business.

Jeff Dunham

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Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

John Stuart Mill

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Governance in India comes in the iron-clad armour of bureaucracy. Anyone in uniform considers it his or her right that we regard them as some sort of deity.

Amitava Kumar

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Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying.

Rowan Atkinson

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Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

Joyce Meyer

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The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

Douglas William Jerrold

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I feel like a total hippie right now. I'm passionate about all sorts of things - a lot of boring, cuddly Hallmark things, to be honest.

Dreama Walker

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I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness.

Demi Moore

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I would say I had anger-management issues, to be honest with you. But it was only on the football field.

Doug Baldwin

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