“If you make something, it's an artifact. It's something that somebody or some corporate entity has caused to come into being. A great many human beings have thought about each of the artifacts that surround us. Different degrees of intelligence and attention have been brought to bear on anything.” IfsHumansHas BeensDifferentHuman BeingsAttentionBearsDegreesCorporateSurroundEntityArtifacts Author:William Gibson
“If you can somehow force a liberal into a point-counterpoint argument, his retorts will bear no relation to what you’ve said - unless you were in fact talking about your looks, your age, your weight, your personal obsessions, or whether you are a fascist. In the famous liberal two-step, they leap from one idiotic point to the next, so you can never nail them. It’s like arguing with someone with Attention Deficit Disorder.” IfsLooksSaidTwoFactsAgeNextForceAttentionTalkingStepsBearsArgumentWeightRelationArguingObsessionLeapDisorderNailsDeficitFascistsIdioticAttention Deficit DisorderRetorts Author:Ann Coulter
“The greatest mercy, I have often thought, of the Mediterranean coast lies in its mosquitoes. Did we not suffer from their unwelcome attention, we could not bear our holidays to end.” EndsLyingSufferingAttentionBearsTravelMercyHolidayCoastMosquitoesUnwelcome Book:Pavements at Anderby: tales of Source: Pavements at Anderby: tales of
“Both ground- rents and the ordinary rent of land are a species of revenue which the owner, in many cases, enjoys without any care or attention of his own. The annual produce of the land and labour of the society, the real wealth and revenue of the great body of the people, might be the same after such a tax as before. Ground-rents, and the ordinary rent of land are, therefore, perhaps the species of revenue which can best bear to have a peculiar tax imposed upon them.” PeopleRealBodyMightCareEnjoyWealthAttentionCasesLandProduceBearsTaxesOrdinarySpeciesLabourOwnersPeculiarRevenueAnnualsReal Wealth Book:An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2 Source: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2
“Poets are immersed in process, and I mean process not as an amorphous blur but as a discipline. The hard work of writing has taught me that in matters of the heart, such as writing, or faith, there is no right or wrong way to do it, but only the way of your life. Just paying attention will teach you what bears fruit and what doesn't. But it will be necessary to revise--to doodle, scratch out, erase, even make a mess of things--in order to make it come out right.” WayWritingHeartMeanMatterHardOrderProcessAttentionTeachTaughtPoetHard WorkBearsDisciplineFruitMessPay AttentionScratchesEraseWrong WayBlurMatters Of The Heart Author:Kathleen Norris