The Icesave matter is complex and it is understandable that the issue has been oversimplified by many. Unfortunately some of the basic… — Johanna Siguroardottir Copy Share Image
It is harder to get adult, character-driven material on television than it used to be, but there are lots of other places… — John Wells Copy Share Image
It felt like I'd been playing second-string football for a long time, when, suddenly, I was playing in the Super Bowl. Even… — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
Busy people all make the same mistake: they assume they are short on time, which of course, they are. But time is… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
In our era of celebrity, where every life is made public through email, blogs and Facebook, one of the greatest oddities may… — Lily Koppel Copy Share Image
The basic problem is that web 2.0 tools are not supportive of democracy by design. They are tools designed to gather spy-agency-like… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
That I have the right to express myself freely at all times in all circumstances entails the idea that free speech is… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Whether you're a bride or a birthday boy, your options are much the same. Cake comes in chocolate, yellow, or white. Frosting… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
Our obsessive focus on college schooling has blinded us to basic truths. College is a place, not a magic formula. It matters… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Think about it: If you don't have any actual, tangible skills, then how can you do anything? You may be laughing and… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
At the root of the Noble Savage myth is this basic truth: the savage is good, but he's also violent. This is… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Kinect is such a great new entry into the field because it takes away one of the big barriers to little kids… — Tim Schafer Copy Share Image
You can open up a centenarian's brain, and you'll see some areas that look like that of a 50-year-old or of a… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
Physicists are interested in measuring neutrino properties because they tell us about the structure of the Standard Model, the well-tested theory that… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
“Participants experience a 'social intimacy' and a basic 'trust' in the inclusiveness and good intentions of the other people present. Hygge cannot… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
The cow, basically, eats three basic things in their feed: corn, beets, and barley, and so what I do is I actually… — Homaro Cantu Copy Share Image
The most important single thing about string theory is that it's a highly mathematical theory, and the mathematics holds together in a… — Leonard Susskind Copy Share Image
I became aware of the very complex internal organization in a cell from the basic science classes, and it made me think… — James Rothman Copy Share Image
The United States should pursue a more robust agenda for U.S. competitiveness and innovation focused on a lower-carbon economy, including investments in… — Mona Sutphen Copy Share Image
The basic idea of email has remained essentially unchanged since the first networked message was sent in 1971. And while email is… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear somebody cover a song, I don't like to hear it stray too far from the original. I like to… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
When state funding for Irvine public schools began to diminish some time ago, my Irvine Company colleagues helped me to provide private… — Donald Bren Copy Share Image
Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of… — Vijender Singh Copy Share Image
Beginning runners come in all shapes, sizes and pre-existing conditions, so there's no magic formula for determining exactly how much basic running… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property 'without just compensation.' The basic model of an unconstitutional 'taking' would… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
For Christian faith not to be idle in the world, the work of doctors and garbage collectors, business executives and artists, stay-at-home… — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
I did business the same way President Lee did, and from what I read in the papers, the same way President Ma… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
I like to see photographs: I like to see my family. To me, when I open a basic browser, and it's that… — Mitchell Baker Copy Share Image
I don't feel there's a difference between the real world and the fairy-tale world. They contain psychological truths and, I guess, projections… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further in sociology,… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
On a very, very basic level, I'm definitely pro market because with the market comes the idea of the individual and the… — Tino Sehgal Copy Share Image
Basic SEAL training is six months of long, torturous runs in the soft sand, midnight swims in the cold water off San… — William H. McRaven Copy Share Image
When the basic status of a theory is clear, and all that needs to be cleared are details, you can collaborate. But… — Peter Higgs Copy Share Image
And here where the fact that we've given over half a billion dollars to New York really plays a role, because New… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
The Safe Drinking Water Act, the safety provisions of the Clean Water Acts, the Clean Air Act, the Superfund Law - the… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
The original and very basic 'Law & Order' series has always seemed to me to be 100-percent exposition, with no filler, no… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
It turns out that this part of the brain is one of the first areas that's attacked by Alzheimer's disease. So we… — John O'Keefe Copy Share Image
It is through science that we understand the world around us, and by understanding the world around us, we not only contribute… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
Left to their own devices, epidemic diseases tend to follow the same basic process: A virus or bacteria infects a host, who… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
