Famous quotes containing the words detect, electric and/or fields:
“Most writers steal a good thing when they can,
And when tis safely got tis worth the winning.
The worst of t is we now and then detect em,
Before they ever dream that we suspect em.”
—Bryan Waller Proctor (17871874)
“Persons grouped around a fire or candle for warmth or light are less able to pursue independent thoughts, or even tasks, than people supplied with electric light. In the same way, the social and educational patterns latent in automation are those of self- employment and artistic autonomy.”
—Marshall McLuhan (19111980)
“Farewell green fields and happy groves,
Where flocks have took delight.”
—William Blake (17571827)