1 I shop at a computer store called ‘Your Crap’s Already Obsolete’. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jeff Cesario, Consumerism, Obsolescence, Technology, 0 Jeff Cesario Copy
2 by operating on the principle of human and material obsolescence, America eats her history alive. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Gail Sheehy, Consumption, History, Obsolescence, 0 Gail Sheehy Journalist and author · USA Copy
3 Innovation basically involves making obsolete that which you did before. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jay Abraham, Change, Obsolescence, Progress, 0 Jay Abraham Entrepreneur Copy
4 Education which is not modern share the fate of all organic things which are kept too long. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alfred North Whitehead, Change, Obsolescence, Relevance, 0 Alfred North Whitehead Mathematician · England Copy
5 Standards are always out of date. That’s what makes them standards. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alan Bennett, Evolution, Obsolescence, Permanence, 0 Alan Bennett Playwright · England Copy
6 The modern computer hovers between the obsolescent and the nonexistent. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Sydney Brenner, Existence, Obsolescence, Technology, 0 Sydney Brenner Biologist · South Africa Copy
7 Every generation’s breakthroughs are proven false by the next generation’s Technology Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Dan Brown, Innovation, Obsolescence, Progress, 0 Dan Brown Author · USA Copy
8 But planned obsolescence is possible only if the rate of technological change is contained. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Harvey, Change, Obsolescence, Technology, 0 David Harvey Professor Copy
9 I feel that education needs an overhaul – courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out. Author, January 13, 2024January 6, 2025, Kent McCord, Assessment, Education, Obsolescence, 0 Kent McCord Actor · USA Copy
10 You can’t have modern states based on ideas which have been out of date for a thousand years. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Salman Rushdie, Governance, Obsolescence, Progress, 0 Salman Rushdie Author · India Copy
11 If to be old is not to be wise, then it is simply to be obsolete. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Sam Smith, Aging, Obsolescence, Wisdom, 0 Sam Smith Singer · United Kingdom Copy
12 Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Andre Heller, Innovation, Obsolescence, Progress, 0 Andre Heller Artist Copy
13 The person who insists on using yesterday’s methods in today’s world won’t be in business tomorrow Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John C. Maxwell, Adaptability, Innovation, Obsolescence, 0 John C. Maxwell Author Copy
14 In an age of multiple and massive innovations, obsolescence becomes the major obsession. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Marshall McLuhan, Innovation, Obsession, Obsolescence, 0 Marshall McLuhan Professor · Canada Copy
15 Fads are the kiss of death. When the fad goes away, you go with it. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Conway Twitty, Conformity, Obsolescence, Trends, 0 Conway Twitty Musical Artist · USA Copy
16 3D is like a computer. Every six months that computer that was state of the art is now obsolete. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Carl Mazzocone, Obsolescence, Progression, Technology, 0 Carl Mazzocone Author Copy
17 You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday’s parties. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cesare Pavese, Change, Nostalgia, Obsolescence, 0 Cesare Pavese Poet · Italy Copy
18 Planned obsolescence is not really a new concept. God used it with people. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Orben, Critique, Obsolescence, Religion, 0 Robert Orben Comedian Copy
19 The religions are obsolete when the reforms do not proceed from them. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Obsolescence, Reform, Religion, 0 Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA Copy
20 This world is out of date Author, September 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Kamila Shamsie, Change, Obsolescence, Progress, 0 Kamila Shamsie Author · Pakistan Copy
The mind of man is this world’s true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind. Sir Fulke Greville Politician · England
You don’t have to do it straight away, but just do it before it gets really bad. Karl Pilkington Comedian · England
The key to making up Oscar Wilde quotes is to add ‘~ Oscar Wilde’ at the end. Read explanation Oscar Wilde Playwright · Ireland
