Quotes About Diversion

I nauseate walking; 'tis a country diversion, I loathe the country.

On the other hand, a man whose labor and self-denial may be diverted from his maintenance to that of some other man is not a free man, and approaches more or less toward the position of a slave. Therefore

Turing's years at Bletchley constitute the best-documented period in his life, yet in the end his work as a code breaker amounted to a very long diversion from his dream of building a universal machine. For the bombes were about as far from universal as you could get. Their very design guaranteed their obsolescence, since it depended on the quirks and particularities of another, much smaller machine, the Enigma, of which the bombe was the huge, distorted shadow.

I don't always want to read serious fiction. But when I read fiction that's not serious, I don't want to read brain candy. Entertain me, for God's sake.

Entertaining the reader is a good function.

The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

Nothing kills a party like an oversize metal hedgehog.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

Everyone needs to escape sometimes, and retreating into somebody else's fantasy isn't nearly as satisfying as slipping into your own.

The moment someone says, 'Hey, everyone, listen to the words in this song,' your party is over.

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.

Failure doesn't mean anything, it just means changing paths.

Even when we think or talk about recycling, lots of recyclable stuff ends up getting incinerated or in landfills and leaving many municipalities, diversion rates - they leave much to be recycled. And where is this waste handled? Usually in poor communities.

I want to read a lot of comic books. I want to watch movies. I want to rest.

I think pop music, for me as a kid, I hated school and ran home to watch Britney Spears videos. I just felt like I could forget about the stuff I didn't like about my life and listen to pop music and escape.

Watching movies is my one distraction.

Human activity is having a major impact on the planet. We consume or have diverted a large proportion of the productivity of the land and oceans. Our hunger for land crowds out fellow species. Our waste products pollute the waters, warm the atmosphere and acidify the oceans.

Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.

If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'

I love 'Pointless.'

I grew up raiding my brother's comic book stash. I tried to lose myself in fiction.