The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
Oscar Wilde
Date of birth: 1854-10-16
Date of death: 1900-11-30
Quotes number: 203
Related quotes
What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime.
by Frank Abagnale (Celebrity, American , born in 1948) topics: Technology keywords: breeds, crime, did, easier, hundreds, technology, times, today , youth
In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.
by John Perry Barlow (Writer, American , born in 1947) topics: Technology keywords: amendment, cyberspace, first, local , ordinance
Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonweal, our governance will emerge.
by John Perry Barlow (Writer, American , born in 1947) topics: Technology keywords: believe, bodies, cannot, coercion, emerge, enlightened, ethics, governance, identities, obtain, order, our, physical, self-interest, unlike , will
The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.
by John Perry Barlow (Writer, American , born in 1947) topics: Technology keywords: around, censorship, internet, malfunction, routes , treats
We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.
by John Perry Barlow (Writer, American , born in 1947) topics: Technology keywords: before, civilization, create, cyberspace, fair, governments, humane, made, may, mind, more, than, will, world , your
The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.
by Dave Barry (Journalist, American , born in 1947) topics: Technology keywords: call, communication, development, history, human, important, internet, invention, most, since, single , waiting
During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
by Bernard Baruch (Businessman, American , born in 1870) topics: Technology keywords: ability, character, revolutions, succession , technological