Highly Quotes

1183 Highly quotes by 963 unique authors

This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental… — Desmond Morris
I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing… — Emily Mortimer
Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded. — Mike Myers
One of the ugly secrets of the renewable-energy industry is that its products make no economic sense unless they are highly subsidized. — Nathan Myhrvold
Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life?… — Nathan Myhrvold
Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual. — Mira Nair
My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them. — Meghan O'Rourke
As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. — George Orwell
I have a very highly developed sense of denial. — Gwyneth Paltrow
The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on… — Talcott Parsons
Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. — Laurence J. Peter
I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious. — Michael Phelps
I look at 'The New York Review of Books.' It's what it has been for 35 or 40 years, which is a highly sophisticated vehicle… — John Podhoretz
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone. — Quintilian
Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field. — Sydney Pollack
I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting. — William Powell
I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants. — Elvis Presley
Fragrance is a very personal gift, and I think that's why it makes a great Christmas gift. There's a very distinct signature to it, so… — Ryan Reynolds
A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun. — Samuel Richardson
Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism… — Jonathan Sacks
When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I won't miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the 'Eventocracy.' All this… — Jerry Saltz
The Internet is really about highly specialized information, highly specialized targeting. — Eric Schmidt
The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary. — Howard Schultz
The evolving social and digital media platforms and highly innovative and relevant payment capabilities are causing seismic changes in consumer behavior and creating equally disruptive… — Howard Schultz
Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable. — Michael Shermer

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