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William Gibson Quotes

William Gibson quotes about time

American Writer March 17, 1948

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Are you - are you sad?" - No. "But your - your songs are sad." - My songs are of time and distance. The sadness is in you. Watch my arms. There is only the dance. These things you treasure are shells. William Gibson
William Gibson quote: "Time moves in one direction, memory in another."
Time moves in one direction, memory in another. William Gibson
...I knew he used women as counters in a game, Bobby Quine versus time and the night of cities. And Rikki had turned up just when he needed something to get him going, something to aim for. So he'd set her up as a symbol for everything he wanted and couldn't have, everything he'd had and couldn't keep. William Gibson
Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet? William Gibson
Farber says (in my recollection, anyway) the European (or classical) art, including film, is culturally assumed to be a monumental slab. It's about that slab, and how it's been shaped, or what's been carved on it. In "termite art" though, your slab has been wormholed countless times, and its meaning is really taking place in the resulting interstices. The actual art of the piece, in other words, and your enjoyment of it, is taking place in the cracks, and the shape of the slab is coincidental... William Gibson
Somewhere, deep within her, surfaces a tiny clockwork submarine. There are times when you can only take the next step. And then another. William Gibson
William Gibson quote: "Time is money, but also money is money."
Time is money, but also money is money. William Gibson
My first impulse, when presented with any spanking-new piece of computer hardware, is to imagine how it will look in ten year? time, gathering dust under a card table in a thrift shop. William Gibson
A nation,” he heard himself say, “consists of its laws. A nation does not consist of its situation at a given time. If an individual’s morals are situational, that individual is without morals. If a nation’s laws are situational, that nation has no laws, and soon isn’t a nation. William Gibson
William Gibson quote: "The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right..."
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. William Gibson

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