Problems are often stated in vague terms... because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are. — John von Neumann Copy Share Image
I mean the truth is, I've never had it so good in terms of taxes. I am paying the lowest tax rate… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
One of the reasons so many nonfiction books are so boring is because what they've done, very diligently, is fulfill the terms… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Why is it possible to rescue S&L buccaneers in the early '90s and provide guidance to levered Wall Street investment bankers during… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
In the technical realm, we repeatedly enter into a series of social contracts, the terms of which are revealed only after the… — Langdon Winner Copy Share Image
I hope that each of you girls will become an individual of significant worth and a person of virtue so that your… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
The dominant propaganda systems have appropriated the term "globalization" to refer to the specific version of international economic integration that they favor,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Writing is a intensely personal activity. I can pen down my best thoughts when I'm alone. But when one is elevated into… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I can negate everything of that part of me that lives on vague nostalgias, except this desire for unity, this longing to… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Intuitive guidance means having the self-esteem to recognize that the discomfort or confusion that a person feels is actually directing him to… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
Books should confuse. Literature abhors the typical. Literature flows to the particular, the mundane, the greasiness of paper, the taste of warm… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do. — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
On the surface the avant garde as a whole seems united primarily in terms of what they are against: the rejection of… — C. D. Innes Copy Share Image
For me, respect is an extremely important political term. Since I began campaigning, it has been at the heart of each of… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
I now measure my growth as a photographer in terms of the degrees to which I am aware of, have developed my… — Wynn Bullock Copy Share Image
Mainstream economic theories popular in the last several decades have tended to downplay the government's role in markets and to increase skepticism… — Mariana Mazzucato Copy Share Image
In terms of earthly life as you understand it, it is overly optimistic to imagine that eventually all illnesses will be conquered,… — Jane Roberts Copy Share Image
Many low-income children face chronic stress from nutritional deprivation or persistent violence at home or in the community. By addressing their medical,… — Irwin Redlener Copy Share Image
The results of recent research on the impacts of climate change dramatically weaken the case for expensive, near-term abatement programs. — Robert O. Mendelsohn 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
I never really had any intention of getting involved in documentaries until the opportunity came around. I always thought much more in… — John Hyams Copy Share Image
In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image