James Gleick Quotes

For a brief time in the 1850s, the telegraph companies of England and the United States thought that they could (and should) preserve every message that passed through their wires. Millions of telegrams - in fireproof safes. Imagine the possibilities for history!

James Gleick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryTimeThoughtPossibilities

Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.

Jimmy Piersall

BestMeNobodyNutsGoingHappened

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

Mattie Stepanek

WritingWorldWantThroughKeep

To what derision should I be exposed from a thousand quarters!- An unlearned female entering the lists of criticism against the mighty Johnson!

Anna Seward

CriticismMightyListsAgainst

I have spent my adult life working in American intelligence. It has been quite an honor. Generally well resourced. A global mission. No want of issues. And it was a hell of a ride.

Michael Hayden

LifeRideIntelligenceHellHonor

The precise point at which a tax deduction becomes a 'loophole' or a tax incentive becomes a 'subsidy for special interests' is one of the great mysteries of politics.

John Sununu

GreatPoliticsTaxSpecialPoint

Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out.

Steven Tyler

TodayYouBackGoKnowNothing

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

Russell Baker

LiveDieYouPublicity

You put this face on television, week in, week out, they'd stop me and they'd say, 'Hey, Roy, how are you doing?' They'd know who I was, what I was, what I looked like, and what I did - all from seeing and hearing it at the same time on television.

Roy Clark

TimeMeFaceDoingWeekYou

I often think about Christ having all power, but He abdicated the power to live a sacrificial life for His children. In His own words he told his disciples that His meat was to do the will of the Father.

Monica Johnson

LifeFatherLivePowerChildrenOwn

One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness.

Mitch Landrieu

StrengthBeautifulTogetherSimple

What I realized is that the desire for making 'Places' came from the fact that I've got this strange situation with having been born in the glitter, born on the other side of the mirror that everyone fantasizes about.

Lou Doillon

MirrorGlitterSituationBornDesire

That's what acting is: really make-believe.

Jason Robards

ActingMake-BelieveReally

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