Manuals have their uses ... but they are not to be confused with living.
The Constitution is an equally forthright piece of work and quite succinct ... giving the complete operating instructions for a nation of 250 million people. The manual for a Toyota Camry, which only seats five, is four times as long.
I hate having to read the manual.
Listening to nature's operating instructions.
I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box.
I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions.
A mobile phone needs a manual in the way that a teacup doesn't
Give me a user manual, and I'm happy for hours.
You know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button.
The instruction manual for my Motorola phone is bigger and heavier than the phone.
I don't know how to use appliances. I mean, I use the coffee maker. But that's it.
Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
Software is usually accompanied by documentation in the form of big fat scary manuals that nobody ever reads. In fact, for the past five years most of the manuals shipped with software products have actually been copies of Stephen King's The Stand with new covers pasted on.
The reason literacy is important is that literature is the operating instructions. The best manual we have. The most useful guide to the country we're visiting, life.
