“There are real radical Muslim groups out there that really are pretty villainous. You don't have to make them up.” Quote by Jeff Sharlet
“Fundamentalism is a 20th-century phenomenon, but that kind of religious fervor actually has not always been associated with conservative goals.” KindGoalReligiousCenturyConservativePhenomenonFundamentalism20th CenturyFervor Author:Jeff Sharlet
“Liberalism doesn't speak to ideals. Radicalism does.” DoeSpeakIdealsLiberalismRadicalism Author:Jeff Sharlet
“My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the noise of democracy. I like the sound of people in the streets making noise."” PeopleSaidSoundPresidentDemocracyStreetsForgottenMy FavoriteDebateNoiseAmerican HistoryRobust Author:Jeff Sharlet
“Whoever is holding the power says, "Yeah, let's keep things civil and quiet." Whoever's outside say's, "No, I'm not going to keep things civil and quiet, I'm going to bang on the door."” DoorsQuietYeahBangs Author:Jeff Sharlet
“America is going to start happening outside of the parties.” AmericaPartyHappenings Author:Jeff Sharlet
“The process of debugging, going an correcting the program and then looking at the behavior, and then correcting it again, and finally iteratively getting it to a working program, is in fact, very close to learning about learning.” FactsProcessBehaviorProgramCorrectingDebugging Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“In the world of computers and just devices in general, the lifespan, or the shelf life, is relatively short just because technology moves so fast and the costs drop so quickly and the power, whether it's computing power or memory rises very, very quickly.” WorldMovingLife IsMemoriesTechnologyCostComputerDevicesShelvesComputingShelf Life Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“You go to developing countries today and you'll find automobiles that you haven't seen since you're childhood and that's because they really are valuable, they're taken care of, they're repaired, and when something breaks, they just don't buy a new one, they actually fix it.” CountryCareTodayBreakTakenChildhoodHavensValuableDevelopingAutomobileDeveloping Countries Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“There is a belief that children drop out of school because they're needed by their families to work, or the little girls are needed to take care of younger siblings. It turns out that's not really true.” ChildrenLittlesCareSchoolTurnsGirlBeliefNeededTake CareSiblingReally TrueYounger Siblings Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things.” PersonsActionOrderBeliefMovementInstitutionsConversionCode Author:E. Stanley Jones