I never wanted to be liked by the majority of people, but there were always some people that I desperately wanted to… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
What we call the freedom of the individual is not just the luxury of one intellectual to write what he likes to… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
When you're watching Psycho, there' s that moment when you have a visceral reaction to watching someone being stabbed. And then you… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
What I was utterly convinced of, and still am, is the idea that the only responsibility the free intellectual has is vis-a-vis… — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
I would like to attribute my range of interests to being an independent intellectual, but although I'm independent, I'm not sure I… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
Legendary innovators like Franklin, Snow, and Darwin all possess some common intellectual qualities—a certain quickness of mind, unbounded curiosity—but they also share… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
I am just postmodern enough not to trust 'postmodern' as a description of our times, for it privileges the practices and intellectual… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me.… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
I don't go through a torturous intellectual process to decide what to direct. I know what I want to direct the second… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I think, if you can only talk about your stuff in a jargonistic way, you're not as smart as you think. You're… — Daniel Lopatin Copy Share Image
Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In tribal times, there were the medicine men. In the Middle Ages, there were the priests. Today, there are the lawyers. For… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
The funny thing about The West Wing is - and I don't know what Aaron Sorkin says about it - but I'm… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise. "Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
That's our nuclear weapons strategy [going to frighten people], as of the early post-Cold War years. And I think this is a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Regarding social order, [Francis] Fukuyama writes, "The systematic study of how order, and thus social capital, can emerge in spontaneous and decentralized… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
America can compete with anyone in the world as long as the playing field is level. China's been cheating over the years.… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
To set aside one’s prejudices, one’s present needs, and one’s own self interest in making a decision as a director for a… — Mervyn King Copy Share Image
That the sweetly intoxicating three-four rhythm which took hold of hand & foot, necessarily eclipsed great & serious music & made the… — Eduard Hanslick Copy Share Image
“real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If I can't find a theme, I can't make a film anyone else will feel. I can't laugh at intellectual humor. I'm… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
In a knowledge economy, natural selection favors organizations that can most effectively harness and coordinate collective intellectual energy and creative capacity. — Justin Rosenstein Copy Share Image
People who were not active in the intellectual life of the country could go on without feeling restricted, except they could not… — Stefan Heym Copy Share Image
I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
Fundamentalism is rigorously and systematically used to indoctrinate and subjugate young minds. It is a contraceptive designed to prevent intellectual fertilization. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Any political situation has many sides... We intellectualize the whole situation any way... We make our intellectual decisions based on our cultural… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
When I read about genetics, I see breakthroughs every day. And while I'm trying to learn more about behavioral science, I must… — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
The Museum is not meant either for the wanderer to see by accident or for the pilgrim to see with awe. It… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It is the inevitable effect of religion on public policy that makes it a matter of public concern. Advocates of religiosity extol… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
I think it's an intellectual duty for a person who lives in a free society to read material not only with which… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
domestic work is the most elementary form of labor. It is suitable for those with the intelligence of rabbits. All it requires… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Earlier in my life, I performed a lot of music. Some of it because I felt it was a demonstration, or a… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
My emotional and intellectual response to Hiroshima was that the question of the social responsibility of a journalist was posed with greater… — Wilfred Burchett Copy Share Image
Spiritual nature is inconceivable and unlimited. Therefore, the activities of that realm will always remain beyond our mental speculation and intellectual concept. — Bhakti Charu Swami Copy Share Image
The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
What we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If you've never at some… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
When the panting and thirsting soul first drinks the delicious waters of truth, when the moral and intellectual tastes and desires first… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
The average commercial radio listener in America is not looking for lofty, intellectual subjects. This isn't brain surgery. It's about striking the… — Ed Schultz Copy Share Image
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