Interference Quotes

“Don't mess with a wizard when he's wizarding!”
― Jim Butcher

“What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the airs and interference of such a person, or any person I may say? No, I have no idea of being so easily persuaded. When I have made up my mind, I have made it.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus

“Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference ... It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. Let those who would be happy be firm.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“I shut myself in because I'm lonely. Because I don't want to face any more loneliness, I shut myself away. [...] I'm greedier than anyone. I don't want some half-assed happiness. I don't need some partial warmth. I want a happiness that goes on forever. That's impossible, though! I don't know why it is, but in this world, some interference is sure to come. Important things break right away. I've been alive for twenty-two years, and I know at least this much. It doesn't matter what the thing is, but it will break. That's why, from the beginning, it's better not to need anything.”
― Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Welcome to the N.H.K.

“We advocate the atheistic philosophy because it is the only clear, consistent position which seems possible to us. As atheists, we simply deny the assumptions of theism; we declare that the God idea, in all its features, is unreasonable and unprovable; we add, more vitally, that the God idea is an interference with the interests of human happiness and progress. We oppose religion not merely as a set of theological ideas; but we must also oppose religion as a political, social and moral influence detrimental to the welfare of humanity.”
― E. Haldeman-Julius, The meaning of atheism

“There is something in the sky awaiting discovery.”
― Steven Magee

“Tell him that I shan’t interfere in any way! I shall, of course, but he will never know it, so you needn’t scruple to say that, dearest!”
― Georgette Heyer, False Colours

“The vandalization of Space must stop.”
― Steven Magee

“Feel the green!”
― Steven Magee

“There is something in the trees awaiting discovery.”
― Steven Magee

“Your opinion should be an opinion and not an attempt to change someone's opinion.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“It is time to embrace the end of the Space race.”
― Steven Magee

“Part of being an electrical, electronics or wireless worker is being radiation poisoned by excessive electro-magnetic interference (EMI) exposures.”
― Steven Magee

“The demolition of the Space industry is on my RADAR.”
― Steven Magee

“If you are waking up in the middle of the night vomiting, you should be suspecting that you may have had a biologically toxic electro-magnetic interference (EMI) exposure during the daytime.”
― Steven Magee

“I have seen the electro-magnetic interference (EMI) vomiting reaction several times now. A prolonged daytime exposure to a radio frequency transmitter or solar power system can result in nighttime vomiting. I call it ‘Magee’s electro-magnetic interference (EMI) delayed vomiting’.”
― Steven Magee

“We had serviced a large industrial rooftop solar photovoltaic system in the morning and by midnight we were both vomiting. We did not know at the time that electro-magnetic interference (EMI) exposures could trigger vomiting several hours later.”
― Steven Magee

“I regard SpaceX as a domestic and international terrorist organization.”
― Steven Magee

“Having watched the development of electronics since the 1970’s, some things have surprised me: 1. Miniaturization. 2. Low purchase costs. 3. Disposable products. 4. Screen sizes. 5. Plastic cases. 6. Long battery lives. 7. The cover-up of the biologically harmful aspects of electro-magnetic interference (EMI) exposures. 8. The prevalence of computers inside products. 9. Streaming internet television. 10. The extensive adoption of wireless cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products.”
― Steven Magee

“Defund Space.”
― Steven Magee

“The development of Space should be expected to increase human diseases.”
― Steven Magee

“The people most at harm from satellite radiation are airline staff followed by those at high altitudes.”
― Steven Magee

“I am on the right side of history.”
― Steven Magee

“The higher-ups read into things. And they ignore sentences they don’t like.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

“Since the 1950s, several democratically elected socialist governments have nationalized large parts of their extractive sectors and begun to redistribute to the poor and middle class the wealth that had previously hemorrhaged into foreign bank accounts, most notably Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and Salvador Allende in Chile. But those experiments were interrupted by foreign-sponsored coups d’etat before reaching their potential. Indeed postcolonial independence movements — which so often had the redistribution of unjustly concentrated resources, whether of land or minerals, as their core missions — were consistently undermined through political assassinations, foreign interference, and, more recently, the chains of debt-driven structural adjustment programs (not to mention the corruption of local elites).”
― Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

“What do you call an electrical and electronics engineer with Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity? Unemployed!”
― Steven Magee

“If justice is to happen, each sin must be accounted for. If God allowed our sins to continue without interference, without ever correcting or addressing the corruption, our sins would echo into eternity and He would not be just. Either the transgressor bears the penalty, or Jesus bears it on their behalf.”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“William Coyne headed research and development at 3M—the company behind Ace bandages, Post-it notes, Scotch tape, and other inventions—for over a decade. Shortly after retiring, Coyne spoke to a group of hundreds of executives about innovation at 3M and his own management style. He said he’d started at 3M as a researcher and learned firsthand how well-meaning but nosy executives who proffer too many questions and suggestions can undermine creative work. So when he became head of R&D, he was determined to allow his teams to work for long stretches, unfettered by intrusions from higher-ups. Coyne understood his colleagues’ curiosity; if successful, an R&D project could generate millions in new revenue. But he limited their interference (and his own) because, he said, “After you plant a seed in the ground, you don’t dig it up every week to see how it is doing.”
― Robert I. Sutton

“RUMAH SUNYI YANG TAK MEMILIKI TUHAN
(Pergulatan Batin Hang Tuah Sebuah Resonansi Metafisik)

Hujan menitik dari atap reyot,
jatuh perlahan ke lantai kayu
seperti detak jantung yang tak percaya
pada hidup yang masih tersisa.

Kamera bergerak menyilang tubuhku,
menangkap butir air
yang tertahan di ujung rambut
—seolah memori enggan jatuh
karena tahu tanah tak lagi suci.

Di sudut gelap,
kulihat Jebat duduk membelakangi cahaya.
Silau senjata di pangkuannya
terasa seperti bisikan dingin
yang tak pernah memilih kata.

“Aku tidak memberontak,” katanya nyaris tak terdengar.
“aku hanya menolak menjadi diam.”

Namun Hang Tuah dalam diriku
masih berdiri seperti batu nisan,
teguh. Terlalu setia pada perintah
yang bahkan tak lagi diyakini langit.

Aku menoleh,
dan dalam pantulan air yang menggenang
kulihat dua wajahku sendiri:
yang satu membeku,
yang satu retak.

Hujan di luar tak lagi turun—
ia seperti menggantung di udara,
ditahan oleh waktu yang membisu.

Dan dalam hening itu,
aku mengerti:
bukan Tuah yang benar,
bukan Jebat yang salah,
bukan dunia yang memilih.

Yang ada hanya jiwa yang mencari
ruang untuk tidak patuh
dan tidak pula membangkang,
tapi sekadar ingin bernafas
tanpa diadili oleh sejarah.

Desember 2014”
― Titon Rahmawan