Genes themselves are made of bits.James GleickTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“Genes themselves are made of bits.
“Granted, I'm more interested in technology than most people, and less interested in politics than most. But I don't like to think about categories. I really see myself as a general non-fiction writer.”James GleickCategories
“Strangely enough, the linking of computers has taken place democratically, even anarchically. Its rules and habits are emerging in the open light, rather shall behind the closed doors of security agencies or corporate operations centers.”
“The thing to keep in mind is that's how I started long before MTV and Twitter and Facebook. I studied at broadcasting school so I could learn how to shoot and edit videos, and tried to create my own television show so we could see through these wacky visions we had of funny bits we wanted to shoot.”Tom GreenBits
“At drama school I learned the Stanislavski technique, which uses sentimental memories and bits of your past to put real emotion into the scene.”
“To continue down the path of comprehensiveness, Wikipedia will need to sustain the astonishing mass fervor of its birth years. Will that be possible? No one knows.”James GleickAstonishing
“We say that time passes, time goes by, and time flows. Those are metaphors. We also think of time as a medium in which we exist.”James GleickMedium
“I think we are always right to worry about damaging consequences of new technologies even as we are empowered by them. History suggests we should not panic nor be too sanguine about cool new gizmos. There's a delicate balance.”James GleickBalance
“When I do a voiceover now, there are always a few people I've borrowed bits off, whether it's their hats or facial hair, who'll say: 'That's so funny; it's obviously based on this guy.' You think, 'It ain't: it's you.' Actors never think characters are based on them.”Matt BerryBits
“When I went to record my first album, which should have been a punk album, there was a synthesiser in the control room. I'd never seen one before but they let me have a go on it and I loved it to bits.”Gary NumanBits
“Obviously, I'm a bit of a vaudeville act; I like to jump around the stage and do little silly bits, but as long as I'm locked into the music, I think I get away with it.”CMATBits