“Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their thinking and solving for them, the less practice there is left for their own brains.” PeopleThinkingDoeLeftCommonBrainPracticeTechnologyPromiseCivilizationIntelligentContraryRelyAdvanced Technology Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“My friend had a brilliant idea. This impressed me. It reflected an immense deal of credit on his brain. But when he expressed it,it lost all value, and enjoyed but a commonplace status. My friend blamed this devaluation on the language. "I hate English," he said. So he studied another language. He mastered it so perfectly that there was no room left in his brain for a brilliant idea. Now he has a grudge against words. He refuses to use them. He prefers to shrug or grunt. A new crop of ideas is growing. They show promise of future refinement.” SaidIdeasUseShowsValuesHateLostLeftLanguageRoomsDealsBrainGrowingPromiseMy FriendsI HateRefuseCreditBrilliantEnjoyedImmenseImpressedCropsCommonplaceGrudgeRefinementBrilliant IdeasGrunt Author:Marvin L. Cohen
“There is a certain amount of righteous indignation I hold for the American culture, because to get back to the real root of it, to get broader about it, my opinion that is my species - and my culture in America specifically - have let me down and betrayed me. I think this species had great, great promise, with this great upper brain that we have, and I think we squandered it on God and Mammon. And I think this culture of ours has such promise, with the promise of real, true freedom, and then everyone has been shackled by ownership and possessions and acquisition and status and power.” ThinkingRealCultureBrainOpinionPromiseLet MePossessionRighteousOwnershipBetrayedAmerican CultureTrue FreedomLet Me Down Author:George Carlin
“Words can be twisted into any shape. Promises can be made to lull the heart and seduce the soul. In the final analysis, words mean nothing. They are labels we give things in an effort to wrap our puny little brains around their underlying natures, when ninety-nine percent of the time the totality of the reality is an entirely different beast. The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.” MenLifeGivingHeartMeanLittlesMadeDifferentSoulRealityActionEffortBrainJudgingPromiseShapesPercentSilentFinalsNineLabelsAnalysisBeastNinetyTwistedWrapsWisestTotalitySeducingNinety NineLullsWisest ManWords Mean Nothing Author:Karen Marie Moning
“the rain is coming. little sister, the night broke. the thunder cracked my brain finally. the rain is coming, i promise you. i didn’t mean to but your tears will bring life back. purple flowers grow, the colour blood looks in the veins. they’ll sprout out of my chest. i promise you they’ll crack the ground, grow over the freeways, down the slopes to the sea. i’ll be in their faces. i’ll be in the waves, coming down from the sky. i’ll be inside the one who holds you. and then i won’t be.” LooksMeanLittlesFacesNightGrowsBrainBloodSeaSkyTearsFlowerPromiseRainWaveBrokeColourCracksChestsVeinsThunderPurpleI PromiseCrackedSlopesSproutsFreewaysLittle Sister Author:Francesca Lia Block
“"Kent?" I say, and my voice seems to have to rise from inside the fog, taking forever to get from my brain to my mouth. "Yeah?" "Promise you'll stay here with me?" I say. "I promise," he whispers.” SeemsVoiceBrainForeverPromiseMouthsYeahFogI PromiseKent Author:Lauren Oliver
“I hate being awake at three in the morning. It is the godforsaken heart of darkness when the body runs slow, and the brain runs slower, and all you want to do is sleep. But I had promises to keep, and miles to go before I could sleep. Or at least a couple of miracles to perform before I could go to bed.” WantHeartBodyRunningHateThreeSleepBrainMorningDarknessCouplePromiseBedMiracleI HateMilesAwakeHeart Of DarknessMiles To Go Book:Narcissus in Chains: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel Source: Narcissus in Chains: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel