I would write my editorials using a manual typewriter in pitch-black darkness... I would produce the whole thing without having seen the text.
It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a VCR than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony.
I screw up on the delay settings, so pretty much everything is manually done by me - I don't have those presets like the Edge has.
Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by the diagnostic manual. Surely, this is a social and cultural phenomenon.
Acting for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-laborist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some money.
I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, 'I'm like you - I'm frustrated, I'm not an expert, I don't have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I'm selfish too.'
The first and most important field of philosophy is the application of principles such as “Do not lie.” Next come the proofs, such as why we should not lie. The third field supports and articulates the proofs, by asking, for example, “How does ...
Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer. Put your principles into practice – now. Stop the excuses and the procrastination. This ...
[Barbie is tearing up Ken's outfits to get him to reveal information] Barbie: Let's see... Hawaiian surf trunks! [she rips them in half] Ken: Barbie, those were vintage! It's okay! Go ahead, rip 'em! They're a dime a dozen! Barbie: Ooh! Glitter tux! ...
Cats are solitary hunters with only the vaguest concept of hierarchy and little desire to “please” anyone but themselves
The Government is making a fool of itself by attributing all terrorism and acts against the government only to one single patriot
We never envy another's achievement more than when we know very little about how it was attained.
On account of its scale and complexity, the world will always outstrip the capacity of any single body to ask fertile questions of it.
If you have felt any ounce of fear, insecurity, and uncertainty during your work day, then you might be an entrepreneur.
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.
I imported the first Mac into England in 1984; you know, the beige box. I imported what I think were the first four that came into England. I never opened the instruction manual. That was the best thing about it.
For me, 'Moby-Dick' is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it is a metaphysical survival manual - the best guidebook there is for a literate man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown: the future of civilization in this storm-tossed ...
The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual.
You read a hundred military manuals you won't find the word kill they trick you into killing.
Kids don't come with an instruction manual. So if you're gonna make mistakes, at least make them your own way.
Well you know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button.
