Victorian Internet Quotes

#1. 'The Victorian Internet' is a must read for anyone interested in the history of technology and in the cycles of hype, boom, and bust that seem to only quicken with each new wave of innovation. Highly recommended.

John Battelle

#2. A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, and thinks everything that is said meant at him.

Lord Chesterfield

#3. If wishes had wings, sheep would fly.

Robert Jordan

#4. I joined an Internet community of Victorian scholars, which meant that if I posted a question about 1875's lavender harvest, more than a thousand experts would ponder it.

Michel Faber

#5. Neurosis is no excuse for bad manners.

Sigmund Freud

#6. The youthful sparkle in Ronald Reagan's eyes is caused by his contact lenses, which he keeps highly polished.

Sheilah Graham Westbrook

#7. Little boy, you remind me how so much depends of day made of now

Alison McGhee

#8. Seekers are all following some distant star, and eventually will come to recognize that this star resides in their very core.

T. Thorn Coyle

#9. You should try getting some sleep."
Sloane frowned. "Giraffes only sleep four and a half hours a day."
-Sloane

Jennifer Lynn Barnes