“If you want data to survive, carve it in rock.”

— Jack McDevitt

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Cauldron (2007), Chapter 28 (p. 256)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "If you want data to survive, carve it in rock." by Jack McDevitt?

Jack McDevitt125

American novelist, Short story writer 1935

Related quotes

“Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

In response to Hannah More wondering why Milton could write Paradise Lost but only poor sonnets. June 13, 1784, p. 542
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol IV

“Punk's an attitude. Punk's not three-chord rock. If you want to listen to three chord rock, there's southern rock.”

Jack Terricloth (1970)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-kyp0PQPZY
Interviews

“Don't you think it's weird how so many awards these days look like rough crystal formations freshly carved from the rock? Oh I guess you wouldn't know because YOU DON'T WIN AWARDS”

Ben Croshaw (1983) English video game journalist

25 April 2009
Fully Ramblomatic

“The same past data can confirm a theory and its exact opposite! If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.”

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (1960) Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, former trader and risk analyst

Source: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007), p. 185

“Who said anything about slicing you up?… I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead-- nothing serious.”

Hunter S. Thompson book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Source: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

“You know, when most girls say they want a big rock, they don't mean, you know, literally a big rock."
"Very amusing, my sarcastic friend. It's not a rock, precisely. All Shadowhunters have a witchlight rune-stone.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“I survive all those battles," she growled, "and I get defeated by a stupid chunk of rock!”

Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“What if the puzzle of the world was a shape you didn't fit into? And the only way to survive was to mutilate yourself, carve away your corners, sand yourself down, modify yourself to fit? How come we haven't been able to change the puzzle instead?”

Jodi Picoult book Small Great Things

Source: Small Great Things

“Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as it's good and it has passion.”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

“I want to be ripped apart by music. I want it to be something that feeds and replenishes, or that totally sucks the life out of you. I want to be dashed against the rocks.”

Jeff Buckley (1966–1997) American singer, guitarist and songwriter

“If you want data to survive, carve it in rock.”

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Jack McDevitt125

Related quotes

Related topics