Encounter Quotations

My first encounter with video games was pretty conventional. I was travelling with my parents - we used to take long cross country trips in the United States every summer - and we went into a restaurant where there happened to be a Pong machine, and I was... a lot of quarters went into that Pong machine, let's just say.

My first encounter with science fiction was reading the work of H.G. Wells when I was nine or ten, and I don't believe 'The War of the Worlds' or 'The Time Machine' have ever been bettered. Plus, I have always had a liking for Victorian and Edwardian clothes and contraptions, which tends to color the worlds I dream up.

My first encounter with Dawson's work was the totems. One of the things you read about William is how his wife called his work 'toys.' At one time I collected a lot of toys, and the totems appeal to me for their whimsical quality.

My first encounter with computers was in 1968 as a Freshman engineering student at the University of Michigan, taking a required Fortran IV class.

I have no personal experience in the military. All I know about it is what I've seen in movies and read in books and watched on television. My knowledge is probably no more or no less than the average person's. 'A Brief Encounter with the Enemy' was created by taking bits and pieces from here and there, and then putting my own spin on them.

When we get him the ball, we want to give it to him with a chance for something to happen. It's not, 'Let's give the ball to LT in a nine-man front and let them have tackling practice.' That's not the point. When we encounter every game situation, we're looking at how we can put LT in a situation to succeed, whether it's throwing it to him or handing it off.

We found that a huge percentage of the Latinos living in Louisiana and Mississippi are still homeless. They encounter a variety of problems including bugs, mold, skin problems and not getting paid for jobs.

We found no consensus among physicians about what is customary or appropriate. Despite efforts to standardize many aspects of the doctor-patient relationship, patients are likely to encounter very different approaches.

I thought there might be a few people around. I had no idea that I would encounter this incredible turnout, ... Watching these Connecticut Yankees get ready to help some Cajuns in Louisiana, southerners in Mississippi and Alabama, is a great sight. If you want to know what America looks like, what we ought to look like, take a look at the picture behind you. This is America at its very, very best.

We do not encounter lobbyists trying to entice us to sign huge contracts for goods or services.