Quantum computation is... a distinctively new way of harnessing nature... It will be the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in... →
David Deutsch
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only... →
Joan Didion
A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye.
The Pulitzer is more useful than meaningful.
Annie Dillard
Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as... →
Cory Doctorow
The world forgets about people who are not useful.
Alain Ducasse
I'm a mathematician, basically. What I do is look around for problems where I can find useful applications for mathematics. All I do, really, is... →
Freeman Dyson
I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.
Shirin Ebadi
Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. It's the only way that I can do anything, even if I'm quite useless. It's the... →
Alice Englert
Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take notes or use a... →
Joshua Foer