“His narrator has left us a way out that can be reclaimed by anyone venturesome enough to try it: He patiently attends to his own motorcycle, submits to its quirky mechanical needs and learns to understand it. His way of living with machines doesn’t rely on the seductions of effortless convenience; i…”— Matthew B. Crawford, smithsonianmag.com
“Convenience has the ability to make other options unthinkable. Once you have used a washing machine, laundering clothes by hand seems irrational, even if it might be cheaper. After you have experienced streaming television, waiting to see a show at a prescribed hour seems silly, even a little undign…”— Tim Wu, nytimes.com
“Convenience has the ability to make other options unthinkable. Once you have used a washing machine, laundering clothes by hand seems irrational, even if it might be cheaper. After you have experienced streaming television, waiting to see a show at a prescribed hour seems silly, even a little undign…”— Tim Wu, nytimes.com
“Convenience is the most underestimated and least understood force in the world today. As a driver of human decisions, it may not offer the illicit thrill of Freud’s unconscious sexual desires or the mathematical elegance of the economist’s incentives. Convenience is boring. But boring is not the sam…”— Tim Wu, nytimes.com
“...my evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season...”— Mary Todd Lincoln, amazon.com
“The places we have known do not belong solely to the world of space in which we situate them for our greater convenience. They were only a thin slice among contiguous impressions which formed our life at that time; the memory of a certain image is but regret for a certain moment; and houses, roads,…”— Marcel Proust, amazon.com
“No longer dealing with half ass relationships. Nobody deserves that. If you’re going to be in my life, be ‘here,’ not visit when convenient.”— My Feelings ❅, twitter.com
“This is what I know. Don't settle for 40, 50, or even 80 percent. A relationship, it shouldn't be too small or too tight or even a little scratchy. It shouldn't take up space in your closet out of guilty conscience or convenience or a moment of desire. Do you hear me? It should be perfect for you. I…”— Deb Caletti, amazon.com
“She left me the way people leave a hotel room. A hotel room is a place to be when you are doing something else. Of itself it is of no consequence to one's major scheme. A hotel room is convenient. But its convenience is limited to the time you need it while you are in that particular town on that pa…”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com