Term Quotes · Page 110

[AIDS ] is not a short-term emergency but it is something that, just like smallpox was many decades ago, we should aim…

— Bill Gates

Dane DeHaan, certainly, is kind of the best friend I've made through acting, in terms of another actor. He's fantastic.

— Daniel Radcliffe

The language of intrinsic human rights represented a significant advance beyond the previous language of world religions in terms of its universal…

— Immanuel Wallerstein

People overestimate what they can accomplish in the near term and underestimate what they can accomplish in the long term.

— David House

Kitsch lends itself to a definition in terms of a systematic attempt to fly from daily reality: in time and in space.

— Matei Calinescu

Any time I can be of help to the government in terms of giving advice -I've given a little advice, actually.

— Howard Warren Buffett

Index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of Science by the tail. Index-learning is a term used to mock pretenders…

— Alexander Pope

As long as a man had the courage to reject what society told him to do, he could live life on his…

— Paul Auster

There was a process in place at that time - the Downing Street Declaration of December 1993 - which set out the…

— David Trimble

If we come from good families where we have been supported well, there is a disillusionment we have to undergo in terms…

— Sam Keen

And so, however many people watch this thing, that's how many different opinions there will be about it. But I don't feel…

— Josh Radnor

I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial…

— Shaquille O'Neal

We need a mutual fund industry with both vision and values; a vision of fiduciary duty and shareholder service, and values rooted…

— John C. Bogle

In all aspects of life... we define our reality in terms of metaphors and then proceed to act on the basis of…

— George Lakoff

A Beethoven string-quartet is truly, as some one has said, a scraping of horses' tails on cats' bowels, and may be exhaustively…

— William James

In terms of legacy, I'm not sure that I see some great historic deposit there, as a result of her passing our…

— William A. Rusher

It [the pharmaceutical industry] is the most profitable industry in the world, and partially funds the US government. It surpasses oil in…

— Margot Kidder

I think that most people don't think in terms of an American revolution, they think in terms of a Russian revolution, or…

— Grace Lee Boggs

For me, you go to university to meet lots of different people from different backgrounds. I think that's one of the most…

— Daniel Radcliffe

With stand-up you meet almost constant rejection. You put yourself out there with your thoughts and your ideas, and you think they're…

— Paul F. Tompkins

She couldn't think of anyone else who remotely resembled him. He was complicated, almost contradictory in so many ways, yet simple, a…

— Nicholas Sparks

In terms of what has been happening recently, there have been, I think, some really interesting new instruments that have come out…

— Brian Eno

I thought that the R&B / Hip-Hop world really hasn't been explored on film and there's some issues that we're going through…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I just think giving back is in tandem with the way in which I was raised, with the, 'It takes a village…

— Jazzie B

The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development

— Christopher Flavin

In terms of putting the cast together, no problems. You know, the only problem always is just price-point. Our ambitions as we…

— Eric Fellner

Anyone who believes a growth rate in excess of 15% per annum over the long term is attainable should pursue a career…

— Warren Buffett

You have a history of art-music that you equate with music. That's what I love about that term art-music. It separates itself…

— Frank Fairfield

I was always explaining why my term papers were never on time. I think that's where I got my acting training!

— Greg Kinnear

In the Far East, we look at life in terms of circles. In the West, they look at life more in terms…

— Frederick Lenz

There was a change in tone in terms of the [Donald] Trump who showed up in Mexico City for this press conference.

— Steve Kornacki

To discover the laws of operative power in material productions, whether formed by man or brought into being by Nature herself, is…

— William Whewell

I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all.…

— Amy Poehler

In terms of being Australian, I think a big part of it is the determination to prove yourself, just like Aussie actors.

— Keiynan Lonsdale

In the marketplace, design is your greatest differentiator once everything becomes comparable in terms of technology and quality.

— Gerry McGovern

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions…

— Tom Rath

Most of the longer-term relationships I've known have been gay relationships. They seem to be able to hang out longer.

— Lewis Black

I coined this term 'freedom thru limitation' back in the '90s because I was sick of art being treated like pop, because…

— Billy Childish

Especially in quail hunting, where the hunter is so focused on the bird that it makes everything else blurry. The bottom line…

— Steven Hall

McLeod's Daughters' was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned…

— Dustin Clare