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Quotes About Tinkerers

A tinkerer," snapped Pasiphaë. "Even worse. I knew Daedalus. His inventions brought me nothing but trouble." Leo blinked. "Daedalus…like, the Daedalus? Well, then, you should know all about us tinkerers. We're more into fixing, building, occasionally sticking wads of oilcloth in the mouths of rude ladies—
~ Rick Riordan House of Hades
Open-minded tech tinkerers may still prefer traditional PCs for work because they allow much more customization than, say, an iPad.
~ Walt Mossberg
Evolution has been working toward optimizing the human genome for 3.85 billion years," says NIH director Francis Collins, who is not an atheist. "Do we really think that some small group of human genome tinkerers could do better without all sorts of unintended consequences?
~ Walter Isaacson
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~ Dan Simmons