If you're purely derivative in what you do, then you could very easily get lost along the way. But for me, I… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
Who has not been amazed to learn that the function y = ex, like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, is… — Francois Le Lionnais Copy Share Image
“Seeing what someone's reading is like seeing the first derivative of their thinking.” — Ben Casnocha Copy Share Image
Everything is derivative. Everything is a remix, and we all stand on the shoulders of giants - a great phrase. — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
A futures contract is a derivative, but the futures exchange doesn't call them 'derivatives,' they call them 'futures.' — Myron Scholes Copy Share Image
A credit derivative, at its core, is actually a very simple concept... The simplest way to think of a credit derivative is… — Blythe Masters Copy Share Image
I just think TV is becoming more and more interesting in a way. Films are more and more derivative, you know, whether… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
In bitter almond oil, like in a great number of other substances that previously had been counted among the 'aromatic compounds' on… — Otto Wallach Copy Share Image
At the same time, much of it seems to have to do with recreating things we or others had already done; it… — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
My career in academic research has not been involved with active management of securities. I've tried to understand risk-and-return relationships; also the… — Myron Scholes Copy Share Image
A derivative is a bet on whether a stock, or a bond or a real estate asset, is going to go up… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
What sometimes enrages me and always disappoints and grieves me is the preference of great schools of learning for the derivative as… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
“No doubt you’ve heard the phrase 'ignorance of the law is no excuse’, and are probably familiar with the statist meaning of… — Starchild Copy Share Image
“For several years, I had been bored. Not a whining, restless child's boredom (although I was not above that) but a dense,… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading. — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
Online is a revolution. The Internet is a revolution. And we should be revolutionary in the content that we put on it… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
“When they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
Many venture capitalists say they're looking for the next big idea. But they aren't, really; they're looking for something derivative, because derivative… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
The whole market mechanism and its evolution is something that, I'm kind of of the Buffett School. You know, if I see… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
When I evaluate a candidate, one of the most important criteria is what I call “the first derivative.” Is this person learning?… — Eric Sink Copy Share Image
But just as much as it is easy to find the differential [derivative] of a given quantity, so it is difficult to… — Johann Bernoulli Copy Share Image
You have a lot of companies developing stuff that's just derivative. If 'The Voice' is the No. 1 show on TV, they… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
“One real difference between art and craft: with craft, perfection is possible. In that sense the Western definition of craft closely matches… — David Bayles and Ted Orland Copy Share Image
Scientific research sooner or later, but inevitably, encounters something ultimately given that it cannot trace back to something else of which it… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Look at every show on television; it's derivative of another show that came before it. It was only a matter of time.… — James Roday Copy Share Image
“The harder a government, such as a dictatorship, tries to maintain monetary policy autonomy, the more it must either limit the movement… — Janet M. Tavakoli Copy Share Image