James Gleick Quotes

The cells of an organism are nodes in a richly interwoven communications network, transmitting and receiving, coding and decoding. Evolution itself embodies an ongoing exchange of information between organism and environment.

James Gleick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EnvironmentInformationEvolution

In the same way you pick idly at chips, promising this is literally your last one, you may be in a relationship that you know isn't going anywhere, but you're hungry for love, and it feels less frightening than nothing.

Joanna Coles

LoveRelationshipYouKnowNothing

You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'

Joe DiMaggio

MeBrainStartForwardYouBody

People have very difficult lives. We can judge them for making the wrong decisions, but if you look harder and understand that these lives can be difficult, hopefully you're at least a bit more sympathetic to the decisions these people have to make.

Andrew Haigh

PeopleDecisionsJudgeYouLook

TNA has had a lot of great periods - Hulk Hogan even came in, but I don't think he was beneficial to TNA. They spent a lot of money on him, but made a lot of mistakes. They should have saved that money for me.

Matt Hardy

GreatMoneyMistakesMeThinkHim

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.

Ani DiFranco

HistoryLookingFriendsMysteryOwn

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Jean Paul

CourageTimePersonCowardDanger

It's wonderful to learn about new cultures and to be able to travel easily to so many countries.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

TravelLearnNewCulturesWonderful

You play for a club like Real Madrid, the people outside start talking.

Royston Drenthe

PeopleStartTalkingYouPlayReal

It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.

Mary Douglas

I AmWillMoreReligionsOrganized

We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness.

Mary Astell

HappinessKnowledgeHappyBornTrue

I learned to read music before I learned to read script.

Mildred Dresselhaus

MusicReadBeforeLearnedScript

I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.

Brian Eno

LifeMy LifeKindNothingHistorical

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