I don't like the word nuclear exchange, it's like an exchange of wheat and so on. It's a horrible term and I… — Fred Ikle Copy Share Image
I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics. — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
'Think in simples' as my old master used to say - meaning to reduce the whole to its parts in simplest terms,… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Demand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it's a mistake to measure it in… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Jargon marks the place where thinking has been. It becomes a kind of macro, to use a computer term: a way of… — Marjorie Garber Copy Share Image
In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
If you work at an insurance company that sells premiums you wouldn't even sell to your mother, how happy would you feel… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
You need particular note or rhythm in the symphony to be that minor key, or that sharp key or major chord. In… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
All writers learn this, in time: don't show your work to other people until it's safely finished. Even discussing your unborn book… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Harnessing e-governance moves the access to governance from long queues at offices to any internet point. In Gujarat, our UN awarded widely… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
It seems like every ten years there's a book that says that poetry used to be popular, and now it's not, but… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
I think that the global consciousness concerning all those elements that produce tension, fractions of societies, is changing in the sense that… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share Image
Here, then, is a simple rule of thumb for all of us to apply: If the words of Jesus challenge something I… — Michael L. Brown Copy Share Image
“When I speak in Christian terms or Buddhist terms I'm simply selecting for the moment a dialect. Christian words for me represent… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
Of course, to avoid getting stuck in that convo with someone you dislike or feel uncomfortable around, don't be passive, be proactive.… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
I've spent most of my life in L.A. and I'm still amazed at things that I don't know about the place. There… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
In the stock market (as in much of life), the beginning of wisdom is admitting your ignorance. One of the many things… — James K. Glassman Copy Share Image
To put it in gentleman's terms if you've been out for a night and you're looking for a young lady and you… — Ian Holloway Copy Share Image
There was on section in First Corinthians 13 that talks about (showing) patience, kindness, politeness, how can I demonstrate forgiveness to my… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to propagate modern thought clothed in Christian terms... Confusion… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The second [presidential] term changes, and I think that John F. Kennedy certainly ran on that and he knew that second term… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
I like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Many business leaders are seeing the relationship between long term success and sustainability, and that's very heartening. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I know Bret Easton Ellis has said he has some amount of empathy for every character he has written about, though, so… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
We must now allow ourselves to be blinded to long-term developments by the intensity of the short-term difficulties. — Stafford Cripps Copy Share Image
I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
The few really great-the major novelists ... are significant in terms of the human awareness they promote; awareness of the possibilities of life. — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
Ideology is a certain unique experience of the universe and your place in it, to put it in standard terms, which serves… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
We, as citizens or members of people's organisations, can preserve and nourish basic principles needed for long-term efforts aimed at transforming a… — Katarina Kruhonja Copy Share Image
Our thinking tends to be hazy, hasty, narrow, or sprawling-causal terms for impulsive. Just like anything else, thinking skills require upkeep. If… — David Perkins Copy Share Image
I come from theater, and doing period stuff is so whimsical and imaginative and so outside any frame of reference than I… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
I began to explore America in more general terms. I really started this work in 2009. I got the bulk of it… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image