Writing a story is
Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump. Etgar Keret
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Agriculture looks different today
Agriculture looks different today – our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet. Debbie Stabenow
I think it’s like
I think it’s like that for people who don’t remember 1969 first-hand. It’s that sense of ‘old hat.’ Of ‘been there, done that.’ Space shuttles, space stations, communications satellites, GPS – they’re all part of our everyday, taken-for-granted world in 2009, not part of an incredible odyssey. David Weber
Our emotions tell us
Our emotions tell us what to value. They’re like a little GPS system: Go that way. Don’t go that way. David Brooks
The funny thing about
The funny thing about GPS was it didn’t always send you in the right direction. I knew that if I took a right and took Twelfth instead, I’d get there faster, so I turned right. Ozzy did not approve. “Wut the foock? Darynda Jones
I suspect losing paper
I suspect losing paper maps but gaining GPS and online maps is a similar step function: maps still exist, but they’re vastly more useful, not to say permanently up to date, in their new form. Again, I won’t be shedding any tears, but I’ll keep a paper road atlas in the back of my car … Read more
It was basic research
It was basic research in the photoelectric field-in the photoelectric effect that would one day lead to solar panels. It was basic research in physics that would eventually produce the CAT scan. The calculations of today’s GPS satellites are based on the equations that Einstein put to paper more than a century ago. Barack Obama
If Mike Tyson was
If Mike Tyson was the voice of your GPS, would you ever not use it? Artie Lange
We invaded Afghanistan to
We invaded Afghanistan to find bin Laden. We found him in Pakistan, and we’re still in Afghanistan. We need better GPS. Andy Borowitz
If I’m serious about
If I’m serious about patients and their GPs being able to have more control of their health care, I can’t have a top-down system that imposes restrictions on the services they need. Andrew Lansley