Clive Thompson We use paper documents to store knowledge so we can consult and reconsult it, giving us a type of recall impossible with our unaided minds; we use pencils to scratch down material so we can manipulate it in a fashion impossible in our unaided minds. – Clive Thompson Consult Quotes Documents Quotes Fashion Quotes Impossible Quotes Knowledge Quotes Manipulate Quotes Material Quotes Minds Quotes Paper Quotes Pencils Quotes Recall Quotes Reconsult Quotes Scratch Quotes Store Quotes Type Quotes Unaided Quotes The only reason we don’t notice how absolutely interwoven our thinking processes have become with older technologies – pencils, paper, electric light, penicillin, fire – is that they’re old, so we’ve ceased to notice their effects. A huge amount of our everyday thinking – powerful, creative, and resonant stuff – is done socially: talking to other people, arguing with them, relying on them to recall information for us.
Glenn Hubbard The Obama administration’s large and sustained increases in debt raise the specter of another financial crisis and large future tax increases, further chilling business investment and job creation. – Glenn Hubbard
Akiane Kramarik I was so young but started having these visions and impressions of the world. – Akiane Kramarik
Jack Welch You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don’t let people know where they stand. – Jack Welch
Kym Whitley I’ve always dreamed of becoming a mother. I thought I would get married and do it all the traditional way, but life kept going on, my career kept me busy – and I had not stopped to become a mommy. – Kym Whitley
Michael Heisley I made my money turning around distressed or bankrupt companies. I did 50-some of them in my career… I started on a shoestring and eventually built up quite a fortune. – Michael Heisley
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