Quotes About Objects

You see, now that we have a prototype, if we add any methods to that prototype, even after we've already created dog objects, all dogs inheriting from the prototype immediately and automatically get this new behavior.

An object named arguments is available in every function when that function is called. You

If you change any property in the prototype, it affects all the objects that inherit from that prototype, unless that object has overridden that property.

that shows the flow of requests between objects. interface The set of all signatures defined by an object's operations. The interface describes the set of requests to which an object can respond. metaclass Classes are objects in

representation. C++ uses the term data member. interaction diagram A diagram that shows the flow of requests between objects. interface The set of all signatures

Provide an interface for creating families of related or dependent objects without specifying their concrete classes.

The psychic system, and to an even greater extent consciousness itself, is an organ for breaking up, digesting, and then rebuilding the objects of the world and the unconscious, in exactly the same way as our bodily digestive system decomposes matter physiochemically and uses it for the creation of new structures.

It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of mind, produced by an intelligent delight in scenery, are elements of the first importance in the education of the young.

I think a house should reflect the interests and personality of the occupant, but it takes time to gather together the objects one likes around oneself.

With regard to what is designed really well, I think people are the best-designed objects in the world. Seriously.

I sometimes am challenged to imagine where the timbre of art should be. Should it be about objects that point to this current moment, or how objects are related to ideas of this current moment?

Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one which can be obtained in exchange for a given quantity of the other.

Have gratitude for the things you're discarding. By giving gratitude, you're giving closure to the relationship with that object, and by doing so, it becomes a lot easier to let go.

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects.

Museums provide places of relaxation and inspiration. And most importantly, they are a place of authenticity. We live in a world of reproductions - the objects in museums are real. It's a way to get away from the overload of digital technology.

In what resides the most characteristic Virtue of humanity? In good works? Possibly. In the creation of beautiful objects? Perhaps. But some would look in a different direction, and find it in detachment. To all such David Hume must be a great saint in the calendar; for no mortal being was ever more completely divested of the trammels of the personal and the particular, none ever practiced with more consummated success the divine art of impartiality

All the things that appear to the mind Are merely paintings of names and thoughts; Not even a speck of dust exists From the side of the objects themselves. Meditate again and again on this vision Of emptiness, the final nature of being.

But then what are memories but shadows of objects gone to dust? Or

The maximum of terror for the minimum time directed against the fewest objects.

Every object was significant; in my hunted exile, the windowsill had become my home, and the talismans were my nation.

I think that integrating information to everyday objects will not only help us to get rid of the digital divide, the gap between these two worlds, but will also help us, in some way, to stay human, to be more connected to our physical world.

Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as technical objects when they're being written. Or at least they do for me. They're the result of thousands of decisions made at speed during revision.

Satellite datasets like WorldView can see objects as small as 1.5 feet in diameter. In 2014, WorldView-3 will be able to see objects a small as a foot.

So you find a lot of things in Egypt in royal and high status tombs made out of gold because it's a precious object. It was as precious then as it is now, and so it's a representation of wealth and status.