Coaxial Cable Quotes & Sayings

Turn your wounds into wisdom. — Oprah Winfrey

God the Father and God the Son cannot be everywhere present; indeed they cannot be even in two places at the same instant: but God the Holy Spirit is omnipresent - it extends through all space, with all other matter. — Orson Pratt

In so far as society is itself composed of de-individualized human beings, it is completely at the mercy of ruthless individualists. — C. G. Jung

We did some soul-searching. Was the cable industry obsolete? Was it an opportune time to get out? Our conclusion was that if you rebuilt your system with this new fiber-optic coaxial hybrid - which we now call broadband - the glass was half full, not half empty. We could compete. — Brian Roberts

The gift of prayer is not always at our command. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Escapism isn't good or bad in itself. what is important is what you are escaping from and where you are escaping to. — Terry Pratchett

In his book The Shadow Presidents, author Michael Medved relates the extreme disappointment of H.R. Haldeman over his failure to implement his plan to link up all the homes in America by coaxial cable. In Haldeman's words, "There would be two-way communication. Through computer, you could use your television set to order up whatever you wanted. The morning paper, entertainment services, shopping services, coverage of sporting events and public events...Just as Eisenhower linked up the nation's cities by highways so that you could get there, the Nixon legacy would have linked them by cable communication so you wouldn't have to go there." One can almost see the dreamy eyes of Nixon and Haldeman as they sat around discussing a plan that would eliminate the need for newspapers, seemingly oblivious to its Big Brother aspects. Fortunately the Watergate scandal intervened, and Nixon was forced to resign before "the Wired Nation" could be hooked up. — David Wallechinsky

The world needs less destruction. — Bob Odenkirk

Tagaran was the eldest of the children, but that was not the only reason she was so clearly their leader. In every situation in his life, Rooke had seen that there were people with a power of personality that gave them effortless authority. It was not due to rank or position: the governor lacked it. Rooke did not possess it either, he knew that about himself, but Silk had it and so did Gardiner. — Kate Greenway

I might not remember how the sky looked on any given day. I do remember, though, what it was like to be a boy beneath a sky. — Kevin Brockmeier

I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else. — Vera Wang

Tactics could never genuinely move a person. — Hideo Yokoyama