As commentators like the American psychologist Gary Marcus have noted, it's extremely difficult to teach a computer to recognise cats. And that's… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids him desire to be like God. Without… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can… — Maurice Greene Copy Share Image
Though the euphoria surrounding Barack Obama's election last week as President-elect has not yet begun to subside, it is already time to… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
The great task of statesmanship is to apply past lessons to new situations, to draw correct analogies to understand and act upon… — Malcolm Fraser Copy Share Image
Angels are not complete, they need their counterparts, the dark needs the bright, the hidden needs the open, and vice versa. Sometimes… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
In Sufi terms, there are two very interesting notions of transcendence. One is to gaze out at the universe and to comprehend… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
In 'Open City,' there is a passage that any reader of Joyce will immediately recognise as a very close, formal analogue of… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I'm used to politics at an international level: people put together an argument and, even if you vehemently disagree with them, well,… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
We must recognise that nations can and do sin corporately. God loves nations, and I join those who believe that God has… — C. Wagner Copy Share Image
Every man who has an idol or admires someone can recognise its themes. It's not only a film about the relationship between… — Eric Cantona Copy Share Image
Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear… — Eleanor of Aquitaine Copy Share Image
Do I wake up every day and thank God that I live in 21st-century Britain? Of course not. But from time to… — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
It seems that most of us could benefit from a brush with a near-fatal disaster to help us recognise the important things… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
It is only the happy who are hard, Gilles. I think perhaps it is better for the world if - if one… — Helen Waddell Copy Share Image
I try as best as I can to have a normal life. People recognise you, of course, and that's very strange. But… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
Singapore shall cease to be a state of Malaysia and shall forever be an independent and sovereign state and nation separate from… — Tunku Abdul Rahman Copy Share Image
If you see a gaggle of teenagers walking towards you, you tend not to make eye contact, because you know they're going… — Robert Sheehan Copy Share Image
As adult women, we're better able to protect ourselves emotionally. We understand we don't need to spend time with people who don't… — Deborra-Lee Furness Copy Share Image
All good art is seditious, but the people in authority can never recognise it. I think when you mention sedition, artists are… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
You must have the discipline and temperament to resist your impulses. Human beings have precisely the wrong instincts when it comes to… — Irving Kahn Copy Share Image
A man who has taken your time recognises no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
