„And just like that, something in the cosmos shifts. A butterfly flaps its wings in South America. Snow falls in Chicago. You give an idiot a stupid magic screw and it turns out to be a necessary part after all.“
Quelle: Going Bovine (2009), p. 389
Kontext: Marisol does a silly dance with Balder and the screw, one in each hand, so that nobody gets the idea that she takes tins — or anything else, for that matter — seriously. And just like that, something in the cosmos shifts. A butterfly flaps its wings in South America. Snow falls in Chicago. You give an idiot a stupid magic screw and it turns out to be a necessary part after all.
Libba Bray
US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin 1964Ähnliche Zitate
— Richard Henry Horne English poet and critic 1802 - 1884
Genius; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 88.
— Kofi Annan 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations 1938 - 2018
for better or for worse.
Nobel lecture (2001)
— Mr. Lawrence American voice actor, comedian, writer, storyboard artist, animator and director 1969
East Brunswick native voices SpongeBob Squarepants character http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/entertainment/people/2015/11/15/east-brunswick-native-voices-spongebob-squarepants-character/75597924/ (November 15, 2015)
— Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan Saga
Quelle: Vorkosigan Saga, Barrayar (1991), Chapter 10 (p. 411)
— Kate Bush British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer 1958
Song lyrics, The Dreaming (1982)
— Malvina Reynolds American folk singer 1900 - 1978
Song Magic Penny
„Trying to make a living from poetry is like putting chains on butterfly wings.“
— A.R. Ammons American poet 1926 - 2001
Paris Review interview (1996)
— Wilbur Wright American aviation pioneer 1867 - 1912
Speech to the Western Society of Engineers (18 September 1901); published in the Journal of the Western Society of Engineers (December 1901); republished with revisions by the author for the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (1902) http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/i/Wrights/library/Aeronautical.html
Kontext: The person who merely watches the flight of a bird gathers the impression that the bird has nothing to think of but the flapping of its wings. As a matter of fact this is a very small part of its mental labor. To even mention all the things the bird must constantly keep in mind in order to fly securely through the air would take a considerable part of the evening. If I take this piece of paper, and after placing it parallel with the ground, quickly let it fall, it will not settle steadily down as a staid, sensible piece of paper ought to do, but it insists on contravening every recognized rule of decorum, turning over and darting hither and thither in the most erratic manner, much after the style of an untrained horse. Yet this is the style of steed that men must learn to manage before flying can become an everyday sport. The bird has learned this art of equilibrium, and learned it so thoroughly that its skill is not apparent to our sight. We only learn to appreciate it when we try to imitate it.
„It turns out a lot of people don’t get it. Wikipedia is like rock’n’roll; it’s a cultural shift.“
— Jimmy Wales Wikipedia co-founder and American Internet entrepreneur 1966
Wales to Computerworld, "Wikipedia founder gazes into site's future" (18 August 2006) http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/E33CA972AD48588CCC2571C7001C3649?OpenDocument, based on an earlier interview at Wikimania
