What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
— Wendell PhillipsGet black on white.
— Guy de MaupassantThere's no point in writing my kind of stuff, when they're printing that kind of stuff. So I gave up and started drinking.
— Charles BukowskiThough an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.
— Matthew PearlTechnically, you cannot really own a book you bought; you can only own the sheets of paper your copy is printed on; unless, of course, you are the book’s publisher.
— Mokokoma MokhonoanaIf e-book readers were invented before print books, (petty things such as) the smell of ink would have been some people’s only reason for not abandoning e-books.
— Mokokoma MokhonoanaTV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.
— Fred W. FriendlyThe digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.
— Douglas C. EngelbartIt's possible to walk out of your house with 'local' footsteps, printing them one by one till they go on to make 'global' consequences! Go, make a safe journey!
— Israelmore AyivorEvery technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
— Bill Keller