Mistakes as a Path to Success – Quote by Henry Ford
“Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.”
Henry Ford
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Umberto Eco on Information and the Internet
“The problem with the Internet is that it gives you everything – reliable material and crazy material. So the problem becomes, how do you discriminate?”
Umberto Eco
Capital and Quality of Life – Quote by Henry Ford
“The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.”
Henry Ford
Neil Postman on Technology and Social Change
“But it is much later in the game now, and ignorance of the score is inexcusable. To be unaware that a technology comes equipped with a program for social change, to maintain that technology is neutral, to make the assumption that technology is always a friend to culture is, at this late hour, stupidity plain and simple.”
Neil Postman
Incomprehensible Gibberish – Quote by Umberto Eco
“Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message.”
Umberto Eco
“Nothing Gives a Fearful Man More Courage” – Umberto Eco
“Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another’s fear.”
Umberto Eco
Quote About Credulity by Umberto Eco
“If two things don’t fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that connects them, that’s credulity.”
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco on Images, Media and Critical Reflection
“A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection – not an invitation for hypnosis.”
Umberto Eco
Good Manners and Politeness – Jonathan Swift
“Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.”
Jonathan Swift
A Wise Man Should Have Money in His Head – Jonathan Swift
“A wise man should have money in his head but not in his heart”
Jonathan Swift