“Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better, not just at meditating, but at a wide range of self-control skills Over time, [meditators'] brains become finely tuned willpower machines.” SelfAsksBrainSkillsMachinesWideRangeGet BetterSelf ControlWillpowerMeditatingIt Gets Better Author:Kelly McGonigal
“Here! 'Not thread nor glue, not nails nor screws, will ever self and shadow wed.' Helpful, those poet-types. Perhaps this one: 'Seek the grimy queen of dread machines, if you your errant shadow miss.' Now that's quite good! As a Prophetic Utterance, Third Class (Vague Hints and Mysterious Signs), you couldn't ask for better. It's downright plain-spoken!” IfsSelfAsksClassMissingPoetTypeShadowMachinesThirdsMysteriousQueensHelpfulDreadThreadNailsVagueScrewsHintsGlueUtteranceProphetic Book:The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There Source: The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
“If you replace a soldier with a machine, you take away the possibility of the soldier or the policeman to not do something the state asks of him. He may think it's unethical to do it. A machine doesn't have that critical perspective.” IfsThinkingMayStatesAsksPossibilityPerspectiveMachinesSoldierCriticalPolicemenUnethical Author:Jose Padilha
“Well, gentlemen, do you believe in the possibility of aerial locomotion by machines heavier than air? ... You ask yourselves doubtless if this apparatus, so marvellously adapted for aerial locomotion, is susceptible of receiving greater speed. It is not worth while to conquer space if we cannot devour it. I wanted the air to be a solid support to me, and it is. I saw that to struggle against the wind I must be stronger than the wind, and I am.” IfsBelieveWellsWantedAsksSpaceSupportStruggleSawsGreaterAirPossibilityWindMachinesStrongerSpeedConquerGentlemanAviationReceivingPredictionsAdaptedSusceptible Author:Jules Verne
“You can say, 'Can I use your bathroom?' and nobody cares. But if you ask, 'Can I use the plop-plop machine?' it always breaks the conversation.” IfsUseHumorCareFunnyAsksBreakConversationMachinesBathroomNobody Cares Author:Dave Attell
“People ask me to record their answering machines all the time. I love it. It's a miracle to me that people want to hear back those characters.” PeopleWantCharacterAsksRecordsMachinesMiracleAsk MeAnswering Machines Author:Mike Myers
“Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.” IfsLifeInspirationalLooksPersonsDiesAsksBitsKnowingOne ThingInspireMachinesLibrarySavedSavingGuaranteesShoreHeadingsBeing SingleFahrenheit 451 Book Author:Ray Bradbury
“My dad was never one of those dads you could ask for a quarter if you saw a gumball machine. Instead he had one of those black American Express cards not available to general public. Gumball machines didn’t have slots for those.” IfsAsksBlackSawsDadMachinesMy DadAvailableCardsQuartersGeneral PublicAmerican ExpressGumballs Book:The Compound Source: The Compound
“Pet the cat dude," says Sam. "She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is." "You are a tiny tiny killing machine." Daneca coos. "What's she doing?" I ask. "Purring!" says Daneca. She sounds delighted. "Good kitty. Who's an amazing killing machine? That's right. You are! You are a brutal brutal tiny lion! Yes, you are.” WantAsksSoundCatMachinesKillingTinyPetLionsBrutalBadassDelightedKittiesPurring Author:Holly Black
“Softball is the reason Washing Machines and Bleach are so popular. Don't think so? Just ask a softball Mom.” ThinkingReasonAsksMomMachinesWashingSoftballBleachWashing Machines Author:Mary Roach
“We must ask whether our machine technology makes us proof against all those destructive forces which plagued Roman society and ultimately wrecked Roman civilization. Our reliance - an almost religious reliance - upon the power of science and technology to forever ensure the progress of our society, might blind us to some very real problems which cannot be solved by science and technology.” RealProblemMightAsksForceReligiousTechnologyForeverProgressCivilizationMachinesBlindProofDestructiveOur SocietyRelianceReal ProblemsScience And TechnologyRoman Civilization Author:Robert Strausz-Hupe
“People used to ask me, 'What do you reckon you'll be doing when you're 40?', and I told 'em 'rocking out and kicking ass!' Now it's 'What do you reckon you'll be doing at 60?' and the answer's exactly the same. I'm always going to love Jimi Hendrix - 'Purple Haze' will still give me a hard-on when I'm hooked up to a life-support machine. Hey, even when I'm dead, they're going to have a hell of a job nailing the coffin lid down.” PeopleGivingStillsHardJobsUsedAsksAnswersSupportHellMachinesGive MeAssHeyAsk MeEmsPurpleKickingHookedCoffinsHendrixHazeRocking OutPurple Haze Author:Steven Tyler
“A minibar is a machine that makes everything expensive. When I take something out of the minibar, I always fathom that I'll go and replace it before they check it off, but they make that stuff impossible to replace. I go to the store and ask, 'Do you have coke in a glass harmonica ...Do you have individually wrapped cashews'” HumorFunnyAsksStuffImpossibleMachinesGlassesStoresChecksExpensiveCokeFathomHarmonicasCashews Author:Mitch Hedberg
“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose. There's no evidence that more people with more skills would produce more jobs. There's a great deal of evidence that they produce more competition for the jobs that exist, and in turn, drive down the cost of labour. Nothing pleases a corporation more than having five people compete for the same job. Competitiveness means good times for machines, not workers, because our tax systems privilege machines over workers.A lost job can put a smile on any shareholder's face.” PeopleMenMeanHardJobsFacesTurnsAsksLostDealsRichFiveProduceHard WorkPleaseCostSkillsTaxesEvidenceCapitalismMachinesCompetitionWorkersPrivilegeCorporationsGood TimesLabourShareholdersCompetitivenessTax System Author:Eric Reguly
“In the vast majority of movies, everything is done for the audience. We are cued to laugh or cry, be frightened or relieved; Hitchcock called the movies a machine for causing emotions in the audience. Bresson (and Ozu) take a different approach. They regard, and ask us to regard along with them, and to arrive at conclusions about their characters that are our own. This is the cinema of empathy.” DifferentDoneCharacterAsksEmotionAudienceLaughingCryApproachEmpathyMachinesRegardMajorityConclusionCinemaFrightenedRelievedHitchcockDifferent Approach Book:The Great Movies II Source: The Great Movies II