William Gibson Quotes

"Cyberspace is everting." It's interpenetrating our everyday reality to the point that on-line is our normal waking state.

William Gibson

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• I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Home
  • Travel
  • Computers

• The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Country
  • Happy
  • Free

• I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.

  

  Uday Kiran
  • Person
  • Failures
  • Negatives

• The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.

  

  Edsger Dijkstra
  • High
  • Quality
  • Ability

• No decent career was ever founded on a public.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Career
  • Ever
  • Decent

• I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!

  

  Garrett Clayton
  • Growing
  • Mom
  • Horror

• All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • People
  • Home
  • Enjoy

• The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Mind
  • Hope
  • Pleasure

• What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.

  

  Ze Frank
  • Funny
  • Human
  • Superior

• I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Why
  • Understanding
  • Progress

• Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Way
  • Africa
  • Middle East

• Americans have grown impatient with the relentless politicizing of every area of life.

  

  Nancy Pearcey
  • Life
  • Impatient
  • Relentless

• The Revolution did not assume a socialist nature because of support from the U.S.S.R.; it was the other way around: support from the U.S.S.R. was produced by the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. To such a degree, that when the U.S.S.R. disappears, Cuba keeps on being socialist.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Nature
  • Support
  • Revolution

• Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.

  

  Olympia Dukakis
  • Work
  • Me
  • Passion

• Every time a child's promise is cut short by their legal status, our country wastes precious resources and loses talent we need.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • Time
  • Country
  • Child

• I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?

  

  Samantha Power
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one's fellow travelers.

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • American
  • Opportunity
  • Best

• J. J. Abrams is amazing.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Amazing

• I never really liked the idea of rap being a competitive thing. It's not.

  

  Chance The Rapper
  • Rap

• When I'm in Los Angeles, sometimes I hesitate saying that I'm an actor because people are like, 'Of course you are.' And I'm like 'No,' not, 'Of course I am.' In L.A., being an actor is like a pastime: everybody there is like, 'I was on this reality show; I'm an actor.' It becomes a word that is loosely thrown around.

  

  Condola Rashad
  • People
  • Reality

• It's probably cliche to say this, but in my experience, people are far more alike than they are dissimilar.

  

  Alexandra Fuller
  • People
  • Experience

• I think that since it's prom, you should definitely wear a long dress. You can wear a short one anytime! This is the moment when you get to be a princess, and for me, that means a sweetheart neckline, long, then pouf - out and big.

  

  Bella Thorne
  • Long
  • Princess
  • Prom

• If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court.

  

  Elena Kagan
  • Respect
  • Principles
  • Measure

• "Cyberspace is everting." It's interpenetrating our everyday reality to the point that on-line is our normal waking state.

  

  William Gibson
  • Reality
  • Everyday
  • Entrepreneur