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
Dane DeHaan, certainly, is kind of the best friend I've made through acting, in terms of another actor. He's fantastic. — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
The language of intrinsic human rights represented a significant advance beyond the previous language of world religions in terms of its universal… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Kitsch lends itself to a definition in terms of a systematic attempt to fly from daily reality: in time and in space. — Matei Calinescu Copy Share Image
My life is unrecognisable compared to what it was - 'Game of Thrones' has opened doors that were never there before. But… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
Turning 40 is often a big symbolic point in one's life. In the 20s we feel we can do anything, but as… — Tom Butler-Bowdon Copy Share Image
Let it be said that when given a chance to complete the liberation of black Americans, on June 23, 2003 five justices… — Ward Connerly Copy Share Image
I don't know if it will be my big comeback, but I think it is a statement - that I am a… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
If a Danish politician would go up and say he believes in God, people would be a little bit taken aback by… — Nikolaj Arcel Copy Share Image
Unless a group of workers know their work is under surveillance, that they are being rated as fairly as human beings, with… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
As in all infant sciences, the universal habit of the human mind - to take a partial or local truth, generalise it… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Many users of the GNU/Linux system will not have heard the ideas of free software. They will not be aware that we… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
The task of neural science is to explain behaviour in terms of the activities of the brain. How does the brain marshall… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I've never had it so good in terms of taxes. I am paying the lowest tax rate that I've ever paid in… — Howard Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The inflow of capital from the developed countries is the prerequisite for the establishment of economic dependence. This inflow takes various forms:… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
It is much easier to make intellectual messes than it is to clarify complicated issues, especially when real solutions would challenge the… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
Worthiness, in very simple terms, means I have found a way to let the Energy reach me, the Energy that is natural,… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Why do people like America? They say, well, you have the largest military in the world. Because you have more people, et… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Over the long term, the eclipse rate of great civilizations being overtaken is 100%. So you know how it's going to end.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
People overestimate what they can accomplish in the near term and underestimate what they can accomplish in the long term. — David House Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As long as a man had the courage to reject what society told him to do, he could live life on his… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
Anyone who believes a growth rate in excess of 15% per annum over the long term is attainable should pursue a career… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It’s time we framed every question - every issue -- not in terms of what’s in it for ‘me,’ but what’s in… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I don't know anyone who's going to see Grind 22 times in the theater. My mom. Some kid who has short-term memory… — Adam Brody Copy Share Image
The terms socialist and communist are mostly about describing the world we want after capitalism, and I think they are both important. — Cynthia Kauffman Copy Share Image
Intel is down but not out. We have a very nervous market and it's the dog days of summer, ... We are… — Albert Goldman Copy Share Image
Communal franchise is wrong in principle and harmful in practice; the time has come in Fiji for all races to get out… — A. D. Patel Copy Share Image
If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification. — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
