What I really appreciated about Obama in the last campaign was that he was not reactive, and we're such a reactive culture... It takes a certain strength to be patient and have a plan.
I want kids to understand that strength doesn't come from what goes on around you. It comes from inside you, and that comes from Jesus Christ.
There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has the right to modify its uses.
If you don't deal with your shadows, you are condemned to repeat the same mistake over and over, as a human being or as a society.
As technology keeps improving, the price of oil keeps rising, and the ice keeps melting, Arctic energy is bound to be an increasingly bigger part of the global mix.
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
Self-awareness is not just relaxation and not just meditation. It must combine relaxation with activity and dynamism. Technology can aid that.
Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims.
'Solutionism' for me is, above all, an unthinking pursuit of perfection - by means of technology - without coming to grips with the fact that imperfection is an essential feature of liberal democracy.
Any powerful technology has sauce for the goose and the gander... It's just an extension of humanity.
The recent fascination, I think, reflects the shift in approach by law enforcement officials to embrace technology as wholeheartedly as the rest of the world.
I think the Internet and technology in general has changed everything. We can see it overseas even more with the Arab Spring and so forth.
I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself.
The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way.
The more technology we introduce into society, the more people will aggregate, will want to be with other people: movies, rock concerts, shopping.
Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.
Has Werner Herzog ever said anything that wasn't true? What a brilliant fountain of wisdom. Everything he touches I'm just fascinated by.
Revenge! The stupidest motive on earth, just an attempt to change history.
