“Turn off your computer and go out of doors. Dig a large enough hole to transplant a mature apple tree. Nurture the tree, feed it, coddle it so that its fruit will be ample, bright and firm. Practice open-hand strikes against the rough bark of the trunk until it's time to harvest. Choose the champion of your apple crop, pluck it from the tree, and beat yourself about the face and tits with it until your mettle will suffice.” EnoughHandsFacesTurnsPracticeDoorsTreeComputerBeatsFruitStrikesHolesFirmChampionApplesRoughMatureNurtureHarvestCropsBarkTrunksTurn OffPluckTransplantsApple TreesMettle Author:Nick Offerman
“A good day's writing, when I turn off my computer after I know that I've written okay, or as well as I can write, that's a day well spent.” KnowsWritingWellsI CanTurnsWrittenComputerOkayGood DayTurn OffDay Well Spent Author:James Lipton
“Here are a few ways to face a habit and say "no" to it: Go outside your fixed routine; turn off the computer and the television; find a new outlet for your down time; talk to someone who holds a viewpoint contrary to yours and pay respectful attention, really listening.” WayFacesTurnsPayAttentionTelevisionListeningHabitComputerContraryFixedRoutineOutletsRespectfulViewpointsTurn OffDown Time Author:Deepak Chopra
“Why pay a fee for Internet content when a million free sites are just a click away? There's no incentive until people are too addicted to the Net to turn off their computers, yet are bored with what's available.” PeopleTurnsPayMillionsInternetComputerAvailableBoredSiteIncentivesClicksFeesTurn Off Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“All of a sudden, we've lost a lot of control,' he said. 'We can't turn off our internet; we can't turn off our smartphones; we can't turn off our computers. You used to ask a smart person a question. Now, who do you ask? It starts with g-o, and it's not God.” PersonsSaidUsedTurnsAsksLostInternetComputerSmartTurn OffSmartphonesSmart Person Author:Steve Wozniak
“I just got a fortune cookie that says "Turn off your computer and read a book" which is odd because I'm WRITING a book...on my computer!” WritingBookTurnsComputerFortuneOddCookiesWriting A BookTurn OffFortune Cookie Author:Meg Cabot
“In a moment, when I'm ready, I will turn off this computer and that will be it. This letter will be finished. A part of me doesn't want to stop writing to you, but I need to. For both of us.” WantNeedsWritingMomentsTurnsReadyComputerLettersFinishedTurn Off Book:Stolen Source: Stolen