Wachtmeister Family Quotes & Sayings

If you look through the history of wearables, I was named the father of wearable computing, or the world's first cyborg. But the definition of wearable computing can be kind of fuzzy itself. Thousands of years ago, in China, people would wear an abacus around their neck - that, in one sense, was a wearable computer. — Steve Mann

The annals of the French Revolution prove that the knowledge of the few cannot counteract the ignorance of the many ... The light of philosophy, when it is confined to a small minority, points out the possessors as the victims rather than the illuminators of the multitude. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I'm drawn to him and tied to him with the cords of a thousand different memories. — Ally Condie

And do stop sneezing. It annoys me so much when people sneeze. — Iris Murdoch

The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling. — Henri Matisse

I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I came from a conventional family and I didn't go off with different people - I rather wish I had now, seeing all the fun everyone else was having. — Jane Birkin

Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice. — Joseph Joubert

Graham runs a hand through his hair and takes a deep breath. Finally, with a determined scowl, he crosses the room. His hands grip my shoulders. "We are not," his voice is a gentle tremor, "breaking up — Tammara Webber

If you use God with awareness and with intention, all things will change. — Neale Donald Walsch

Most educated Indians are bilingual. Amongst the urban elite though, there is a disdain for regional languages. That's unfortunate. — Amish Tripathi

Let my heart feel the joy,
see the beauty, all around me.
Still it may be in pure agony. — Debasish Mridha

Ever since I was a child I have been a strong believer in the principle that to under-stand how anything works you need to take it apart and look at it in detail. This principle that worked with toys also works pretty well with search. — David Amerland

Can I aske forgiveness for someone else, someone whose already dead?
Yes, you can. Of course you can. And you can give charity in their name and you can recite the Qur'an for their sake. All these things will reach them, your prayers will ease the hardship and loneliness of their grave or it will reach them in bright, beautiful gifts. Gifts to unwrap and enjoy and they will know that this gift is from you. — Leila Aboulela

Love is bitter and all there is, and that the rest is for the emotional beggars of the earth. — Zelda Fitzgerald