“Our assaults on the ecosystem are so powerful, so numerous, so finely interconnected, that although the damage they do is clear, it is very difficult to discover how it was done. By which weapon? In whose hand? Are we driving the ecosphere to destruction simply by our growing numbers? By our greedy accumulation of wealth? Or are the machines which we have built to gain this wealth-the magnificent technology that now feeds us out of neat packages, that clothes us in man-made fibers, that surrounds us with new chemical creations-at fault?” MenMadeDoneHandsDifficultWealthPowerfulNumbersTechnologyClearGrowingCreationClothesWeaponsGainsBuiltDestructionMachinesFaultsEnvironmentalDrivingDamageSurroundChemicalsMagnificentAssaultGreedyPackagesAccumulationNeatEcosystemsFiberInterconnected Author:Barry Commoner
“There may be organic life out there, or maybe machines created by long-dead civilizations, but any signals, even if they are difficult to decode, would tell us that the concepts of logic and physics are not limited to the hardware in human skulls, and will transform our view of the universe.” IfsLifeHumansMayLongUniverseDifficultViewsCivilizationConceptsLogicMachinesPhysicsSignalsSkullsHardwareOrganic Life Author:Martin Rees
“I kind of enjoy the limits. If you've got no limits, you can do absolutely anything, it's very difficult, actually. I always enjoyed working with machines like color photocopiers and letter-pressing type settings, things where the limits are very apparent. You push the machine to do something, and it tries to do its best, and it usually has wonderful qualities all of its own. Then you get a sort of dialogue going, and the limitations become qualities.” IfsTryingKindEnjoyDifficultCan DoQualityWonderfulColorTypeLimitsLettersMachinesSettingDialogueSettingsEnjoyedLimitation Author:Dave McKean
“When I'm on the operating table, I'm happy for the surgeon to treat me as a machine, but the moment I return to consciousness I have other needs and aspirations that should be recognized. We're not here only to survive or extend our individual or species life but to do something seemingly more difficult, for which I've used words and phrases like 'love' and the 'Kingdom of God'.” NeedsShouldMomentsUsedIndividualDifficultConsciousnessReturnMachinesTreatsTablesSpeciesKingdomsPhrasesAspirationKingdom Of GodSurgeonsLike Love Author:George Pattison
“People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.” PeoplePersonsDifficultBreakMachinesFixedHephaestus Author:Rick Riordan
“It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed. -Hephaestus” PeoplePersonsTurnsEasyDifficultMistakeBreakMachinesBrilliantHorribleBitterFixedMisunderstoodInventorAlways AloneHephaestusHorrible Mistakes Author:Rick Riordan
“The universe is a soul making machine, and part of that process is learning, maturing, and growing through difficult and challenging and painful experiences. The point of our lives in this world isn't comfort, but training and preparation for eternity.” WorldSoulSufferingUniverseProcessDifficultChallengesOur LivesGrowingThis WorldComfortTrainingMachinesEternityPainfulPreparationInevitableMaturePainful Experiences Book:The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity Source: The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
“From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.” KnowsYearsUseDifficultCreativeBrotherDadMachinesDressesMy DadEightMy BrotherFabricCostumesSewing Author:Melissa George