Electronic Calculating Punch

Famous quotes containing the words electronic, calculating and/or punch:

    “Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness.”
    —Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)

    “Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.”
    —Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)

    “Lilly Dillon: How’d you get that punch in the stomach, Roy?
    Roy Dillon: I tripped on a chair.
    Lilly Dillon: Get off the grift, Roy.
    Roy Dillon: Why?
    Lilly Dillon: You haven’t got the stomach for it.”
    —Donald E. Westlake (b. 1933)