The 'free-floating intellectual' may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
So you might say, 'Why do you end up making theatre in a world in which there is already too much of… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
If we want to live freely and privately in the interconnected world of the twenty-first century - and surely we do -… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
We never know who we are going to be until we are tested, but perhaps we can test ourselves without going to… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
Perhaps Western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the Roman… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my… — Douglas Sirk Copy Share Image
Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven't won the lead roles. I don't have the pressure of being… — Selma Blair Copy Share Image
We fought no better, perhaps, than they. We exhibited, perhaps, no higher individual qualities. — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Critics can say what they like about the films, but very often, there's a certain expectation of documentaries that they're supposed to… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms. Or, perhaps, rather, law would be the… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place… — Jack Carroll Copy Share Image
People will often take an interesting experimental study which has been done in the world, perhaps at small scale, and then it's… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
If we can map the retina, that will help us understand how it functions in vision, as well as devise new ways… — Sebastian Seung Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's time to stop analyzing Sarah Palin as a politician. Maybe, in her own muddled way, she is at last owning… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
Perhaps I have written fiction because everything unambiguously expressed seems somehow crass to me; and when the subject is myself, I want… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Once you do embark upon the separation or divorce process, it is very important to remember three key things: Be kind, be… — Laura Wasser Copy Share Image
I don't know the taxpayer has perhaps much of an understanding of just how much wealth has been and is being and… — John Anderson Copy Share Image
I think one of things is that all fantasy it seems to me works the way your brain basically works. This is… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
If you have something that you know is important to you and vital to you... then this will perhaps help people understand… — Tom Wilkinson Copy Share Image
That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
If we're going to achieve compassion in the machines and also feel safe with the machines, to raise machines with human-like values,… — David Hanson Copy Share Image
When god closes a door he opens a window to explore. You have no idea what he has in store, perhaps something… — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
The Blair government perhaps ranks as the best the U.K. has had for 50 years. It cannot match the scale of Attlee's… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Jeff VanderMeer's fiction has always been entrancingly, engagingly, enthusiastically weird, a winning combination of mimesis and the fantastical that privileges neither component:… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
