clarke, arthur charles

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. 

Ogni tecnologia sufficientemente avanzata è indistinguibile dalla magia.

laverdure

(...) non si capisce né l'hic di questo nunc, né il quid di questo quod.

cheyenne

I apologize, but it's on your right you know I did it on purpose.

Chiedo scusa, però è giusto che sappiate che l'ho fatto apposta.

stallman, richard

Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died.

As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, "I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone." Nobody deserves to have to die - not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' malign influence on people's computing.

Unfortunately, that influence continues despite his absence. We can only hope his successors, as they attempt to carry on his legacy, will be less effective.

costello, elvis

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

anonimo

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.

cocteau, jean

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

you are

you are

who you are

when no one

is looking

satrapi, marjane

(...) we can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still sopportable... once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.

bowie, david

Just the beer light to guide us...

twain, mark

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said: "I don't know".

mitchell, adrian

Most people ignore most poetry
because
most poetry ignores most people.

nikita

Mi scusi... ho tanta voglia.

winchester, ralph

io so fare le bolle con il naso

cave, nick

(...) I'd been staring out the window most of the morning
I'd watched the rain claw at the glass
And a vicious wind blew hard and fast
I should have taken it as a warning
As a warning...

kelso, robert

Le persone non cambiano, Perry.

zanzotto, andrea

Ma si deve ancora lasciarsi ferire in modi nuovi. (1998)

passover

This is a crisis I knew had to come
Destroying the balance I'd kept
Doubting, unsettling and turning around
Wondering what will come next

garner, alan

panofsky, barney

Damn, damn, damn.