Eliezer Yudkowsky Quotes

What does a house want to be?

The sky's the limit if you have a roof over your head.

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.

The feeling of own roof gives a sense of protection to the people.

Home is any four walls that enclose the right person.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.

You need to have a home to go back to, whether it's a hotel room or a barn. It's only home when he's there.

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

I strongly believe that good books are the best home accessory.

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

If you look at the Earth without architecture, it's sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in the broadest sense of the word, whether it's a movie theater or a simple log cabin in the mountains. This is the core of architecture: To provide a space for human beings.

The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.

When you come out of the storms and sub-zero temperatures into a tiny yurt, there's a sense that family love and care is the most important thing in the world.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

We must close the digital divide.

Our goal in life ought to be to extend this medium [the Internet] so that it is available to every man, woman and child in the country.

We have radio and TV in every single part of Mexico. And in every one of the 185,000 schools of Mexico there is an electronic blackboard connected to the Internet—every school.

High-Speed Internet is not only slower in New York City and San Francisco than in Seoul; it also costs five times as much.

Technology improves our lives in so many ways - from our toasters, ovens, and refrigerators at home to our computers, fax machines, and BlackBerrys at work. Technology makes once-burdensome tasks easy and fun.

It pleases me no end to have had some small impact on people's lives because these phones do make people's lives better. They promote productivity, they make people more comfortable, they make them feel safe and all of those things.

Everybody needs a safe place, and it should be their home.

I'm the Wi-Fi, so I get everybody connected. I'm trying to let the whole world know that I can keep it connected if you get with me, you know what I'm saying?

There's a Shona saying: 'chakafukidza dzimba matenga' - 'What covers the home is the roof,' or 'Every home has its secrets.'