Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. Alan Perlis
The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning. George F. Kennan
Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion. Etty Hillesum
That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution. Michael Chabon
The erotic element is life, but doesn't have to absorb you, it doesn't have to be a naughty word. It's the love of life in many ways. Martha Graham
I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning. Buddy Rich