Famous Quotes & Sayings

Glenn Greenwald

I've always said that my favorite aspect of online political writing is how interactive and collaborative it is with one's readers: that has always been, and always will be, crucial in so many ways to what I do.

Paul Bloom

Natural selection shaped the human brain to be drawn toward aspects of nature that enhance our survival and reproduction, like verdant landscapes and docile creatures. There is no payoff to getting the warm fuzzies in the presence of rats, snakes, mosquitoes, cockroaches, herpes simplex and the rabies virus.

Paul Ricoeur

The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative.

Steven Sinofsky

Disruption is a critical element of the evolution of technology - from the positive and negative aspects of disruption a typical pattern emerges, as new technologies come to market and subsequently take hold.

Sean M. Carroll

I'm trying to understand how time works. And that's a huge question that has lots of different aspects to it.

Ernie Fletcher

We want this issue to be resolved quickly, ... It is important to get a decision. She has to look at the legal aspects and make the right legal decision. She knows where I stand on the issue.

Wolfgang Ketterle

Imagine how many aspects of nature we would miss if we lived on the surface of the sun. Without inventing refrigerators, we would only know gaseous matter and never observe liquids or solids, and miss the beauty of snowflakes.

Bill Murray

One of my gripes about movies is that people take them so seriously, and the moneymaking aspects are so brutal.

Ben Shapiro

'Noah' doesn't merely get the story wrong; like all Biblical adaptations, it's bound to do that (although some aspects of the film are out and out ridiculous). It gets the morality of the story wrong, and in the process turns God into Gaia and morality into radical deep green environmentalism.

Daymond John

Mentors, by far, are the most important aspects of businesses.

Lawrence Summers

We are considering naming chairs after distinguished Indians. The research center will look at a broad canvas of research on all aspects of India.

Colin Meloy

We actually have been toying around with a theatrical element. We even had outfits that we wore on stage for the last tour. But I think when people come to see us they ultimately expect a rock show, so we're pulling back on that aspect a bit. We do play in front of a backdrop, though.

To me, this is the most egregious aspect of the deal. We would be obliged to help India find fuel elsewhere after it tests nuclear weapons, after imposing sanctions due to our public law.

Wes Studi

Irony is one of my favorite aspects of life.

Alonzo Mourning

When the new ownership came in, they made some decisions I wasn't pleased with. And when they changed the whole aspect of it, I just totally lost interest.

Atom Egoyan

I have always felt that this story is universal. When I began to understand the details of the history, I felt that the most compelling aspect was not what happened, but what continues to happen and how it is denied.

We definitely have to get reorganized and take a look at all aspects of our game. We have to work harder on our penalty kill. This is a big weekend, and then we have North Dakota after that. (Wisconsin) was a blemish we have to work through and Minnesota won't be any easier.

We don't just talk about the religious aspects of the youth. We have on-the-job training, how they can better themselves financially, how they can deal with peer pressure, and how they relate to the opposite sex,

We don't jump offsides. It's the little aspects of the techniques we have been trained to pay attention to. Your brain understands more of what you hear.

We are making good progress on our reengineering initiatives, our risk profile is stronger, and some aspects of the economy -- particularly unemployment rates -- are looking better than we had anticipated at the start of the year,

Cress Williams

There are aspects of small town life that I really like - the routine nature of it, the idea of people knowing you and your likes and dislikes.

There is a temptation to take advantage. Just like any other aspect of society, there are the good (music users) and the bad. There are those who comply and those who resist.

Kate Atkinson

I don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever get to playing God, to suddenly produce these fully formed creatures. It is a bit odd. Other aspects you work out more - you rework sentences, you rework imagery. But not characters.

Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.

Craig Venter

Intellectual property is a key aspect for economic development.

This study of neighborhood conditions is especially important because it has investigated a relatively older population. Older people are much more sensitive to their environment. They rely on aspects of their immediate surroundings--how easy it is to get to the doctor or the grocery store or go for a walk--much more than younger people do.

Today one of the key aspects of NSA is what they call 'information at rest,' this is information in databases.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Business requires understanding financial matters, but management is different from running the financial aspects of the business - it requires understanding complex systems, how they operate, the nature of organisations, what happens when people interact in groups and how to motivate and guide people.

Martha Beck

One reason most people never stop thinking is that mental frenzy keeps us from having to see the upsetting aspects of our lives. If I'm constantly brooding about my children or career, I won't notice that I'm lonely. If I grapple continuously with logistical problems, I can avoid contemplating little issues like, say, my own mortality.

Tim Jackson

If we are going to be able to create a new economic vision, companies will need to rethink every aspect of their operations; their bottom lines, ownership structures, demands on financial returns, how they raise capital. For example, an ethical company would say it should only take a fair share of the planet's resources and campaign on this.

Bryan Callen

Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and that expression. There's really nothing quite as satisfying.

Anthony Bourdain

I love the masochistic aspect of eating seething, real Sichuan food in Sichuan Province.

When a relationship is based more and more over time on trust and harmony, the sexual aspects often decline, which is perfectly fine for many couples. Then there is something wrong.