Top 25 Devices Quotes of 57

No free energy device will ever be allowed to reach the market.

No free energy device will ever be allowed to reach the market.

Energy, Devices

I detest imitation, I detest hackneyed devices.

Music, Imitation, Devices

"Sergei Prokofiev: Autobiography, Articles, Reminiscences". Book by Sergei Prokofiev, edited by S. Shlifstein and translated by Rose Prokofieva, 1960.

No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.

Cassandra Clare

Death, Princess, Infernal Devices

Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.294, Simon and Schuster

I expect to see a lot of household appliances on the Net by 2010, as well as autos and other mobile devices.

Vinton Cerf

Wells, Devices, Appliances

I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.

Gerry Mulligan

Mulligans, Devices, Mess

All for one, one for all, that is our device.

Alexandre Dumas

Unity, Three Musketeers, Devices

Alexandre Dumas (1878). “The Three Musketeers”, p.74, ebookfreedom

We know the human brain is a device to keep the ears from grating on one another.

Peter De Vries

Brain, Ears, Devices

Comfort me with Apples Ch. 1

Any device in science is a window on to nature, and each new window contributes to the breadth of our view.

C. F. Powell

Views, Window, Devices

We are clearly betting on tablets being both content consumption and production devices.

Shantanu Narayen

Tablets, Devices, Consumption

If left to their own devices a child will achieve.

Aimee Mullins

Children, Achieve, Devices

There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes philandering.

Helen Fisher

Culture, Adultery, Devices

Helen Fisher (2016). “Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray (Completely Revised and Updated with a New Introduction)”, p.62, W. W. Norton & Company

I have a foolproof device for judging whether a picture is good or bad. If my fanny squirms, it's bad. If my fanny doesn't squirm, it's good.

Harry Cohn

Judging, Culture, Devices

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

One must always be careful of books.

Cassandra Clare

Book, Infernal Devices, Shadowhunters

Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

Aldous Huxley

Literature, Literary Devices, Devices

Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher

Any device whatever by which one frees himself from the fear of others is a natural good.

Epicurus

Fear, Natural, Devices

Too often faith is used as an epistemological device to avoid the hard labor of straight thinking.

Edward John Carnell

Thinking, Used, Devices

It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.

Cassandra Clare

Love Is, Infernal Devices

Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.470, Simon and Schuster

Amor verus numquam moritur: True love never dies

Cassandra Clare

Amor, Love Never Dies, Infernal Devices

None of these devices address that women keep track of many peoples lives, not just their own.

Anita Borg

Track, Addresses, Devices

In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced.

Andrew Coyle Bradley

Convenience, Devices, Effects