Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist. — Eduard Shevardnadze Copy Share Image
But mainly I learned, in approaching the measurement of new phenomena, not just to consider using existing apparatus but to allow the… — Val Logsdon Fitch Copy Share Image
The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
The moment you have massive social and political commentary trying to explain a phenomenon, then you know we are no longer dealing… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an… — Rosser Reeves Copy Share Image
There's a lot in common between the Trump phenomenon and the campaign for Britain to exit the European Union, known as Brexit. — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
A sense of life meaning ensues but cannot be deliberately pursued: life meaning is always a derivative phenomenon that materializes when we… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
In their public statements (but not necessarily in their private statements), scientists express a generally negative attitude towards the UFO problem, and… — Peter A. Sturrock Copy Share Image
Unlike the position that exists in the physical sciences, in economics and other disciplines that deal with essentially complex phenomena, the aspects… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
"Ageism" or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
In astrophysics, we care about how matter, motion and energy manifest in objects and phenomenon in the universe. Stars are born. They… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I think 'Twilight' was such a phenomenon that it will be awhile before anything like that will happen again. Cause it really… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
Political parties often take advantage of denial and fear in a moment of change. This is a well understood phenomenon that often… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
The nineteenth century, utilitarian throughout, set up a utilitarian interpretation of the phenomenon of life which has come down to us and… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
I missed out on the Spice Girls. I missed out on all those big pop phenomenon and missed out even on the… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
Intelligence is: (a) the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or (b) a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is (c)… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
We know that Diana Vishneva is a phenomenon of strength and style, and she certainly has earned the right to stretch her… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Every phenomenon of nature was a word, - the sign, symbol and pledge of a new, mysterious, inexpressible but all the more… — Johann Georg Hamann Copy Share Image
From my studies of old and recent reports, and from direct involvement with several UFO investigations, I have become convinced that there… — Bruce Maccabee Copy Share Image
This 'flying saucer' situation is not at all imaginary or seeing too much in some natural phenomena. Something is really flying around.… — Nathan Farragut Twining Copy Share Image
There is but one indefectibly certain truth , and that is the truth that pyrrhonistic scepticism itself leaves standing, the truth that… — William James Copy Share Image
As a species, we're addicted to the facile discrimination involved in saying that something or phenomenon is either 'this' or 'that' -… — Will Self Copy Share Image
A phenomenon often seen. A sceptic adhering to a believer; that is as simple as the law of the complementary colours. What… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
As far as oligarchs who acquire sports team abroad, and invest money abroad, I wouldn't treat this phenomenon as something bad. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Messi of the early years was a phenomenon, but he always wanted to finish off the move. Now he goes past… — Michael Laudrup Copy Share Image
Corruption appears to be a universal phenomenon that lays its own imperious claims on the world, and therefore it is the duty… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
If this is understood then things become very clear. Misery makes you special. Happiness is a universal phenomenon, there is nothing special… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds… — Giorgio de Chirico Copy Share Image
We say Fine, even though we may be dying, and this is commonly known as taking one's courage in both hands, a… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
A backlash against women's rights is nothing new. Indeed it's a recurring phenomenon: it returns every time women begin to make some… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
When football stars disappear, so do the teams, and that is a very curious phenomenon. It is like in the theatre, in… — Pele Copy Share Image
Trust is an absurd phenomenon, logically absurd. That's why logic always says love is blind, although love has its own eyes, far… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
The Strange Loop phenomenon occurs whenever, by moving upwards (or downwards) through levels of some hierarchial system, we unexpectedly find ourselves right… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Cruelty practiced as a matter of social principle or public policy, and presented to the community as a means to a higher… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
In every single culture I encountered, there were always women who defied cultural norms to do what they believed was right for… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
