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You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jollie

You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jolliest steam-roller will not plant flowers. – Walter Lippmann

Other quotes by Walter Lippmann

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief… that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. – Walter Lippmann

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Science
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Walter Lippmann
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There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation. – Walter Lippmann

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Knowledge
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. – Walter Lippmann

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Music
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Other Quotes from
Technology
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We know that al Qaeda is seeking radioactive materials and technology to launch a devastating attack, and that hundreds of radioactive sources have been lost or stolen in the U.S. and around the world. – Ed Markey

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Technology

Bill Gates is a very rich man today… and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. – Dave Barry

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Technology

Standing beneath the white light of an Apple store is like standing on a Stanley Kubrick movie set. His 2001: A Space Odyssey predicted Jobs and a future where technology was our friend. Kubrick, of course, didnt like what he saw. And occasionally, I have my doubts. – Wesley Morris

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Technology

Performance capture is a technology, not a genre its just another way of recording an actors performance. – Andy Serkis

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Technology

Random Quotes

We cannot advance without new experiments in living, but no wise man tries every day what he has proved wrong the day before. – James Truslow Adams

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Wisdom

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Courage

Talk radio has almost ruined the sports fan. – Phil Simms

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Sports

Politics thrives on simple, clean messages, something that played to Obamas advantage in 2008. Stagnant unemployment and the loss of Americas AAA rating are as simple and tough as they come. This is the economy on Obamas watch, and theres no one left to blame. – John Sununu

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Politics