Bill Bryson Quotes

The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the world. And they weren't thinking about appliances when they wired the world. They were really thinking about - they weren't putting electricity into the home. They were putting lighting into the home.

Open your refrigerator door, and you summon forth more light than the total amount enjoyed by most households in the 18th century. The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed.

When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.

Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight.

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?

To me, lighting really sets the mood for a room. A 40 watt bulb in a cheap lamp is the same as a 40 watt bulb in an expensive one.

Strip makeup lights just don't give you a fighting chance no matter how good looking you are. Light sconces that flank the mirror illuminate your entire face evenly.

Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.

If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Light is what gives joy to buildings.

I've always liked street lights, and I've always photographed them. I probably have a collection of two to three thousand photographs of them, just around the city, mainly at night.

A room is not a room without natural light.

I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.

I always loved bulbs, and I use light a lot in my shows. In my office in Paris, I have 300 bulbs.

Lighting is an essential way to change the mood of a room, especially if you can use dimmers.

Most of us, myself included, have forgotten what real darkness is like. We live in a world where light is inescapable. It comes from street lamps, headlights, security floodlights, and even the faint glow of our alarm clocks.

I do not like bad photographs. I don't like to be badly lit. There is a fashion, particularly on stage, for very 'toppy' lighting, which makes a child look 50. Ten o'clock is very good. If someone is taking a picture, you say, 'Lamps at 10 o'clock,' then everybody looks lovely.

Limit or eliminate late-night computer and television viewing. A computer or TV screen may seem much dimmer than a light bulb, but these screens often fill your field of vision, mimicking the effects of a room filled with light.

How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb? Three. One to mix the martinis, one to change the light bulb, and one to reminisce about how good the old one was.

The sun is gone, but I have a light.

Marx never saw an electric light bulb.

Electricity is a wonderful thing. Do you realise that if we didn't have electricity, we'd be watching television by candle light?

Lighting is everything. It creates mood and has an emotional effect on you.