Cataloguing Books Quotes & Sayings

There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. — Samuel Johnson

The multiverse, she said, was like an old library whose shelves were packed with books arranged by a cataloguing system that ranked them according to similarity, each book containing within its covers a story that varied only slightly from the stories of its immediate neighbours, but by increasing degrees from those of increasingly distant books. — Paul McAuley

When love turns into dust, money becomes the substitution. — D.H. Lawrence

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. — John Lennon

Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist - someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations. — Peter M. Senge

An imbecile is never bored: he contemplates himself. — Remy De Gourmont

Impatience can be very good by helping us not put up with tyranny, but it can distort our view of what is possible and how to bring about change. We have to cultivate patience so that our perception isn't distorted. — Paul Ekman

There's nothing like cataloguing books for taking your mind off things. — Mary Lou Kirwin

One can think of a secretary actively operating a filing system, of a librarian actively cataloguing books, of a computer actively sorting out information. The mind however does not actively sort out information. The information sorts itself out and organises itself into patterns. The mind is passive. The mind only provides an opportunity for the information to behave in this way. The mind provides a special environment in which information can become self-organising. This special environment is a memory surface with special characteristics. — Edward De Bono

Sarah Palin uses me as a laugh line in her stump speeches. If you're willing to turn me into a joke, you should also be willing to talk to me. — Rachel Maddow

Like they just wanted to enjoy The Gus Waters Show while it was still in town. — John Green

I wouldn't object to working with any former member of Yes, really. — Chris Squire