Ager Io Quotes & Sayings

In order to be truly great at something you have to give into a certain amount of madness. — Joe Rogan

You talk like a drunk man walks: in every direction but where he be headed. — Terry Goodkind

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another; rather, it teaches us to abide with the fact that, in their own way, all things are true, and helps us, in the face of this terrifying knowledge, continually push ourselves in the direction of Open the Hell Up. — George Saunders

IBM was granted a U.S. patent in 2012 on "Securing premises using surface-based computing technology." That's intellectual-property-lawyer-speak for a touch-sensitive floor covering, somewhat like a giant smartphone screen. The potential uses are plentiful. It would be able to identify the objects on it. In basic form, it could know to turn on lights in a room or open doors when a person enters. More important, however, it might identify individuals by their weight or the way they stand and walk. It could tell if someone fell and did not get back up, an important feature for the elderly. Retailers could learn the flow of traffic through their stores. When the floor is datafied, there is no ceiling to its possible uses. — Viktor Mayer-Schonberger

The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality. — Lord Acton

It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity. — Peter Bart

No surprise that, as companies have adopted social media en masse, demand for software and applications to manage and monitor social use has exploded. — Ryan Holmes

He was so handsome I felt like filing a civil lawsuit against his parents, claiming punitive damages, pain and suffering to my psyche. — Penny Reid

You are a fortunate person, indeed, if you can begin each day accepting the fact that during that day there will be ups and downs, good breaks and bad ones, disappointments, surprises, unexpected turns of events — Roy Benjamin

Of course, some families cannot be saved and their children cannot be returned. Yet, even then, their love for each other must be worth something. — Andrew Bridge

At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished. — Ivy Compton-Burnett